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According to the United States Census Bureau, 64 people were living on Unimak as of the 2000 census, all of them in the city of False Pass at the eastern end of the island. Cape Lutke is a headland on the island. Cape Pankof is located at the extreme southwest of the island. The Fisher Caldera is a volcanic crater in the
Boundaries of the city of False Pass, Alaska. False Pass is at (54.827886, -163.399090 It is near the eastern end of Unimak Island, in the Aleutian Islands chain. Part of the city (26.093 km 2, or 10.075 sq mi) is on the mainland's westernmost tip Alaska Peninsula, across the Isanotski Strait (about 600 meters at the closest point), although that section is nearly unpopulated.
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).
Shishaldin is located on Unimak Island, the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. The nearest settlement to the volcano is False Pass (population ~100) at 45 km away. The view of Shishaldin from False Pass is obscured by the Round Top and Isanotski volcanoes, [2] preventing direct observations of eruptions in many instances. [7]
The Fox Islands Passes are waterways in the Fox Islands area of the U.S. state of Alaska, connecting the Bering Sea with the North Pacific Ocean. From the southward and eastward, bound for Bering Sea, there are three passes used by deep-draft vessels, known collectively as the Fox Islands Passes, and respectively as Unimak, Akutan, and Unalga ...
Unimak may refer to: Unimak Island, the largest of the Aleutian Islands; Unimak Bay on the coast of Unimak Island; Unimak Pass, a passage between the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean; USS Unimak (AVP-31), a United States Navy seaplane tender; USCGC Unimak (WAVP-379), a United States Coast Guard cutter
Cape Sarichef Light is a lighthouse located on the northwest tip of Unimak Island, approximately 630 miles (1,010 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.The most westerly and most isolated lighthouse in North America, Cape Sarichef Light marks the northwest end of Unimak Pass, the main passage through the Aleutian Islands between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
It is on Unimak Island, near the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula. The volcano has a second summit, called Faris Peak , which is actually the highest point at 5,426 feet (1,654 m). [ 4 ] Westdahl Peak currently has a summit elevation of 5,118 feet (1,560 m).