Information About

Unavikshak Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Unavikshak Island on The Map

Location

56 ° 29' 56" N,
157 ° 43' 18.998" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

302 ft (92.05 m)

Unavikshak Island in Detail.

About

S of Alaska Penin, 4 mi. E of Cape Kumliun and 27 mi. SW of Cape Kunmik, Aleutian Range

History

Eskimo name published as "I(le) Ouna-nighmack" by von Krusenstern (1827, map 20), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and as "O(strov) Unavikhshak" by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. (1847, Chart 1379).