Aiktak Island, Alaska, United States
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Aiktak Island is a island located in Aleutians East county Alaska in the United States of America. It is at 54.1836111 latitude and -164.8280556 longitude. Aiktak Island is at an elevation of 140 ft (459 m). The USGS map that contains this location is titled "Unimak A-3".
Description
in Krenitzin Islands., 38 mi. E of Akutan, Fox Islands., Aleutian Islands. 1.3 miles long.
History
Aleut name transcribed by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 26), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as Ostrov Aikhtak. R. H. Geoghegan suggests that this name is aikhaq, meaning travel or going on a voyage.
Location Details
| Type of Place: | Island |
| Latitude: | 54.1836111 |
| Longitude: | -164.8280556 |
| Elevation: | 140 ft / 459 m |
| County: | Aleutians East |
| USGS Map Name: | Unimak A-3 |
