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Aiaktalik Island

Aiaktalik Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 4 mi (6.44 km)
Elevation:
  • 105 ft (32 m)
About

between Kodiak and Sitkinak Is; Kodiak I. 4 miles long.

History of Aiaktalik Island

native name published as "Anayachtalak Island" by Sauer (1802, p. 169); as "Anayakhtakh" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); as "Ajanahtack" by Admiral von Krusenstern (1827, map 17), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); as "Anayakhtaky" (Anayakhtalik) by the Russian American Company in 1849; and as "Goose Island" by Petroff (1884, p. 31) in the 10th Census, in 1880.