Akutan Island (Aleut: Akutanax̂;[1]Russian: Акутан) is an inhabited island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands in the Aleutians East Borough of Alaska.
Island in the Fox Islands, Alaska
Location in Alaska
Akutan Island
Geography
The island is approximately 18mi (30km) in length. The land area is 129.01 sq mi (334.13km2). Mount Akutan volcano is located on the island, which had a major lava eruption in 1979.
The island's population was 1,027 (2010 census). All lived in the city of Akutan, near the island's eastern end.
A significant geothermal area is located on the island including the Akutan Hot Springs.[2]
History
Cliffs of Akutan IslandHot springs bay
Akutan is an Aleut name reported by Capt. Pyotr Krenitsyn and Mikhail Levashev in 1768, and spelled Acootan by James Cook in 1785. This name may be from the Aleut word "hakuta"[citation needed] which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, means "I made a mistake."
The Akutan Zero, a Japanese Zero, was named for the island after it crashed there during World War II and was recovered by the United States military.
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