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Umnak (Aleut: Unmax, Umnax; [3] [4] Russian: Умнак) is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands. With 686.01 square miles (1,776.76 km 2 ) of land area, it is the third largest island in the Aleutian archipelago and the 19th largest island in the United States .
The Chaluka Site is a prehistoric archaeological site and National Historic Landmark in Nikolski, Alaska, on Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska.The site documents more than 4,000 years of more-or-less continuous occupation of the area now occupied by the modern village of Nikolski.
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Nikolski (Chalukax̂ [2] in Aleut; Russian: Никольский) is a census-designated place (CDP) on Umnak Island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States.The population was 39 at the 2020 census, up from 18 in 2010.
Umnak: Mount Vsevidof: 2149 m 7051 ft 1776: 0.0904 Alaska United States: 68: Palawan: Mount Mantalingajan: 2086 m 6844 ft 12188: 0.0335 Philippines: 69: Fergusson Island: Othona Peak: 2073 m 6801 ft 1437: 0.0969 Papua New Guinea: 70: Tristan da Cunha: Queen Mary's Peak: 2062 m 6765 ft 98: 0.369
The Anangula Site (also Anangula Archeological District and Ananiuliak Island Archeological District) is an archaeological site in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.Located on a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long island off the western coast of Umnak Island, it lies 3.1 miles (5.0 km) north-northwest of Nikolski Bay. [3]
It is named for Bernard Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist who was killed in Umnak Pass. Mount Westdahl, 5,426 feet (1,654 m) in elevation, is a stratovolcano of the Aleutian Range on the island situated at its western end.
In three locations in 1988 here have been found 5 active geysers up to 2 m high and 9 natural fountains up to 0.7 m high. [1] Other thermal areas occur at Hot Springs Cove and Partov Cove on the isthmus between Recheshnoi and Mount Okmok. The most recent eruption of Mount Recheshnoi was on the flank of the volcano around 3,000 years ago. [2]