Information About

Tanaga Island

Quick Facts

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Location

51 ° 47' 34.001" N,
177 ° 55' 43" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Mountains

Tanaga Volcano,

Elevation

440 ft (134.11 m)

Tanaga Island in Detail.

About

one of Andreanof Islands.; Aleutian Islands. 204 square miles in size.

History

Aleut name published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Tanaga," or "Tanaga Island." Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Taniaga" and by Grewingk (1850, p. 230) as "Takawangha."