Unga Island

Unga Island.

Unga Island (Uĝnaasaqax̂[1] in Aleut) is the largest of the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula in southwestern Alaska, United States. The island has a land area of 170.73 sq mi (442.188 km2), making it the 36th largest island in the United States. As of the 2000 census, it had a permanent population of one.[2]

Unga Island was formerly named Grekodelarovskoe[3] (Greek Delarov) for Greek explorer Evstratii Ivanovich Delarov Greek: (Ευστράτιος Ντελάρωφ) who explored the area in the late 18th century on behalf of the Russian-American Company.

In 1968, Unga Island, was designated as a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.[4]

  1. ^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  2. ^ "Unga Island: Block 3020, Census Tract 1, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-03-09.
  3. ^ Black, Lydia T.; Dauenhauer, Nora; Dauenhauer, Richard (2008). Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká/Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804. University of Washington Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-295-98601-2.
  4. ^ "National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-20.