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Nagai Island is one of the largest of the Shumagin Islands in the Gulf of Alaska, south of the Alaska Peninsula considered a part of the NE Aleutian Range. It is located in the United States state of Alaska at 55°05′N 160°01′W, and is 31 miles (50 km) long.

According to the log of Vitus Bering's ship St. Peter, a sailor by the name of Nikita Shumagin died of scurvy and was buried here August 31, 1741. The Shumagin Islands were named after him.

References

• Donald J. Orth (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. Glacier House Publications. ISBN 0-94478-002-4.
• Corey Ford (1966). Where the Sea Breaks Its Back.

На других языках

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- [en] Nagai Island

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[fr] Île Nagai

L'île Nagai est l'une des plus grandes îles de l'archîpel Shumagin au sud de la péninsule d'Alaska dans le sud-ouest de l'Alaska (États-Unis). C'est une île inhabitée.

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[it] Isola Nagai

Nagai è una delle maggiori isole Shumagin, un gruppo di 20 isole al largo della costa meridionale della penisola di Alaska che appartengono amministrativamente al Borough delle Aleutine orientali. L'isola è lunga 49,8 km e si trova a ud-est di Unga.

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[ru] Нагай

Нагай (англ. Nagai Island) — один из крупных островов Шумагинской группы, Аляска, США.

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