Buldir Island

52°21′29″N 175°55′29″E / 52.35806°N 175.92472°E / 52.35806; 175.92472

Buldir Island is located in Alaska
Buldir Island
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Location of Buldir Island in Alaska
Map of the western Aleutian Islands, showing Buldir Island (6) in the center.

Buldir Island (also sometimes written Buldyr; Aleut: Idmaax;[1] Russian: Булдырь) is a small island in the western Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is 4.3 miles (6.9 km) long and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide with an area of 7.4482 square miles (19.291 km2). Buldir is farther from the nearest land than any other Aleutian Island. Its nearest neighbors are Kiska in the Rat Island group, 68 miles (109 km) to the east, and Shemya in the Near Island group, 64 miles (103 km) to the west. Buldir Island is uninhabited. It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. It has been designated a Research Natural Area.[2]

  1. ^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  2. ^ "National Wildlife Refuge System". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. November 7, 2012.