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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.
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. Nikolski is on Nikolski Bay, off the southwest end of the island.
Umnak island is on Cretaceous seafloor; [50] the submerged Umnak oceanic plateau might extend under the island. [51] Southwest of Okmok, a ridge formed by Tertiary volcanic rocks joins the volcano to the rest of Umnak island [52] and the volcanoes Recheshnoi and Vsevidof. [22] Northeast of Okmok is the Idak plateau, an uplifted older volcano. [17]
Mount Recheshnoi (also spelled Recheschnoi) is a heavily eroded stratovolcano located near the center of the SW lobe of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.. The northeast flank of Recheshnoi has one of the hottest and most extensive thermal areas in Alaska.
Umnak: Mount Vsevidof: 2149 m 7051 ft: 0.00260 Alaska United States: 38: Fergusson Island: Othona Peak: 2073 m 6801 ft: 0.00299 Papua New Guinea: 39: Tristan da Cunha: Queen Mary's Peak: 2062 m 6765 ft: 0.0434 Tristan da Cunha, part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom: 40: Unalaska Island ...
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Despite its small size, Amaknak is the most populous of all the islands of the Aleutians chain, with 2,524 residents as of the 2000 census.Though located within the boundaries of the City of Unalaska, the inhabitants of Amaknak generally regard themselves as residents of Dutch Harbor, which is the portion of the City of Unalaska located on Amaknak Island.