Information About

Little Sitkin Island

Quick Facts

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Location

51 ° 56' 55" N,
178 ° 30' 15.001" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Part of

Rat Islands

Elevation

3898 ft (1188.11 m)

Little Sitkin Island in Detail.

About

Little Sitkin Island is an active stratovolcano and one of Rat Islands, in the Aleutian Islands.

History

named "Os(trov) Malyy Sitkhin," meaning "little Sitkin island" on the 1848 Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1400. may possibly be from the Aleut word "sitxan," which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, means "from beneath or from under."

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