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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]
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.
The largest islands in the Aleutians are Attu (the farthest from the mainland), and Unalaska, Umnak, and Unimak in the Fox Islands. The largest of those is Unimak Island, with an area of 1,571.41 mi 2 (4,069.9 km 2), followed by Unalaska Island, the only other Aleutian Island with an area over 1,000 square miles (2,600 km 2).
Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards, matching games, practice electronic assessments, and live quizzes. In 2017, 1 in 2 high school students used Quizlet. [4]
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]
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]