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Islands of Four Mountains (Russian: Четырёхсопочные острова) is an island grouping of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The chain includes, from west to east, Amukta, Chagulak, Yunaska, Herbert, Carlisle, Chuginadak, Uliaga, and Kagamil islands.[1] This island chain is located between Amukta Pass and the Andreanof Islands to the west, and Samalga Pass and the Fox Islands to the east. These islands have a total land area of 210.656 sq mi (545.596 km2) and have no permanent population.[2] The two largest islands are Yunaska and Chuginadak. Chuginadak is mainly made up of the active volcano Mount Cleveland.[3]
The name is translated from Russian Четырехсопочные Острова (Ostrova Chetyre Soposhnye) meaning "Islands of Four Volcanoes" (Sarichev, 1826, map 3). The early Russian explorers named the islands by this term because of four prominent volcanoes, each located on a separate island. The Aleut name Unigun (Uniiĝun[4] in the modern Aleut orthography) was reported in 1940 by Father Veniaminov. There appears to be confusion regarding the names of these islands, possibly because only four of the five are on most early maps and charts. The present names were gathered in 1894 by a field party from USS Concord and published in 1895 by the U.S. Navy Hydrography Office (Chart 8).[5] This is the first island in the Aleutian time zone, 1 hour behind Alaska with daylight saving time as of 2010[update].
References
- T.P. Miller, R.G. McGimsey, D.H. Richter, J.R. Riehle, C.J. Nye, M.E. Yount, and J.A. Dumoulin,1998. Catalog of the Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska. USGS, pp.63-72.
- Islands of Four Mountains: Blocks 1080 thru 1082, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
- Astronomy Picture of the Day: "22 June 2010"
- Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- "Islands of Four Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 7 June 2006.
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[de] Islands of Four Mountains
Die Islands of Four Mountains sind eine Inselgruppe in den Alëuten im US-Bundesstaat Alaska.- [en] Islands of Four Mountains
[es] Islas de los Cuatro Volcanes
Las islas de los Cuatro Volcanes (en inglés: 'Islands of Four Mountains') son un grupo de pequeñas islas de Estados Unidos localizadas en la parte central del archipiélago de las islas Aleutianas. Administrativamente, pertenecen al Área censal de Aleutians West de estado de Alaska.[fr] Îles des Quatre-Montagnes
Les îles des Quatre-Montagnes sont un groupe d'îles de l'archipel des Aléoutiennes dans le sud-ouest de l'Alaska (États-Unis).[it] Isole Four Mountains
Le isole Four Mountains, o isole Quattro Montagne, sono un gruppo di isole che fanno parte dell'arcipelago delle Aleutine e appartengono all'Alaska (USA). Si trovano tra lo stretto Amukta e le isole Andreanof ad ovest, e lo stretto Samalga e le isole Fox ad est. Si compongono di 7 isole (in ordine da ovest ad est):[ru] Четырёхсопочные острова
Четырёхсопочные острова (англ. Islands of Four Mountains) — группа островов в восточной части цепи Алеутских островов. Граничит с морскими путями и расположена между проливом Амукта и Андреяновскими островами на западе, а также между проливом Самалга и Лисьими островами на востоке. Административно острова относятся к американскому штату Аляска.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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