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Baby Islands; Bird Island (Kitnamax) Bogoslof Island (Aĝasaaĝux̂) - sanctuary for sea lions and nesting marine birds; Breadloaf Island (Taanĝiinax̂) Buck Island (Ukdax̂sxix) Caton Island (Qagan Unimgix̂) Chagulak Island (Chugssĝinax̂) Alaska with Aleutian island chain (at bottom), Unalaska Island is marked. Deer Island (Animin) Derbin ...
This is a list of islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make Alaska the largest state in the United States . [A] [ 1 ]
The Aleutian Islands (/ ə ˈ l uː ʃ ən / ⓘ ə-LOO-shən; [2] [3] Russian: Алеутские острова, romanized: Aleutskiye ostrova; Aleut: Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi aliat, or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, [4] Aleutic Islands, [5] or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 ...
The Aleuts settled the islands of the Aleutian chain approximately 10,000 years ago. Although their location allowed them easy access to fishing, they also had to contend with unpredictable violent weather, severe earthquakes, and volcanos. Aleut fishing technology included fish spears, weirs, nets, hooks, and lines.
The Alaskan waters are home to two species of turtles, the leatherback sea turtle and the green sea turtle. Alaska has two species of frogs, the Columbia spotted frog and wood frog, plus two introduced species, the Pacific tree frog and the red-legged frog. [1] The only species of toad in Alaska is the western toad.
The name Rat Islands is the English translation of the name given to the islands by Captain Fyodor Petrovich Litke in 1827 when he visited the Aleutian Islands on a voyage around the world. The islands are named so because rats were accidentally introduced to Hawadax Island (formerly known as Rat Island) in about 1780. [4]
Pages in category "Islands of Alaska" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 284 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
The island's colonies include crested auklets and least auklets, as well as puffins, storm petrels, and other species. It is one of only four known locations where red-legged kittiwakes breed. [29] A comprehensive survey in 1975 revealed a total of 77 species on the island. [30] As of 2019, at least 116 bird species have been reported. [31]