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Akun Island (Aleut: Akungan[1]) is one of the Fox Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands in the Aleutians East Borough of southwestern Alaska.

Geography

The island lies east of Akutan Island and southwest of Unimak Island, across the Unimak Pass strait. The Krenitzin Islands lie to the south and southeast, across the Avatanak Strait.

Akun Island has a land area of 64.39 sq mi (166.77 km²). It is 22.57 kilometres (14.02 mi) long, 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi) wide.

Population

It is unpopulated, except for airport workers and a few people controlling the cattle.[2]

Akun Island is home to a small but significant population of cows. They are no longer domesticated but the population is controlled. Three domesticated horses also inhabit the island.

Airport

With the cessation of amphibious airplane service to Akutan on Akutan Island, the Akutan Seaplane Base closed in 2012. It was replaced by a new $75.5m land-based airstrip 6 miles across the water on Akun Island, named Akutan Airport.[3] It was built by Kiewit, R&M Consultants, and DOT.

The airport was connected to Akutan by an expensive hovercraft shuttle, which couldn't operate safely when winds were too strong or waves too high. Operating costs were very high. Currently, a helicopter provides the link between Akun and Akutan.[4] The airport has a small hotel, which is used when a flight arrives but the hovercraft is unable to run.[5]

References

На других языках

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[de] Akun Island

Akun (aleutisch: Akungan) ist eine unbewohnte Insel der Krenitzin Islands und gehört zu den Aleuten. Die ca. 167 km² große Insel liegt östlich von Akutan und südwestlich von Unimak. Markanteste Erhebung der 23 km langen und 16 km breiten Insel ist der erloschene Vulkan St. Gilbert (818 m).

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- [en] Akun Island

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[fr] Île Akun

L'île Akun (en aléoute : Akungan ; en russe : Акун) est une île du groupe des Îles Fox appartenant aux îles Aléoutiennes en Alaska (États-Unis).

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[it] Akun

Akun (in lingua aleutina Akungan[1]) è una delle isole Fox, fa parte del sottogruppo delle Isole Krenitzin, nell'arcipelago delle Aleutine; si trova nel mare di Bering a est dell'isola di Akutan e a sud-ovest di Unimak oltre lo stretto di Unimak ed appartiene all'Alaska (USA); amministrativamente fa parte del Borough delle Aleutine orientali, (in inglese Aleutians East Borough) ed è disabitata.

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[ru] Акун

Акун (алеут. Akungan[1], англ. Akun Island) — один из Лисьих островов, подгруппы Алеутских островов. Входит в состав штата Аляска, США.

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