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Ugamak Island (Aleut: Ugangax̂[1]) is one of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Ugamak is an Aleut word transcribed by Father Veniaminov (1840) which, according to R. H. Geoghegan, may mean "ceremony island". It is 5.9 miles (9.5 km) long and is located 32 miles (51 km) east of Akutan Island. Ugamak Bay is situated on the southeast coast of Ugamak, and Ugamak Strait is a three-mile-wide channel that separates Ugamak from Kaligagan Island[2] to the west.

Ugamak Island as seen from the Unimak Pass in morning light.
Ugamak Island as seen from the Unimak Pass in morning light.
Ugamak Island as seen from the Bering Sea looking east towards Unimak Island. Ugamak is in the foreground and Shishaldin and Isanotski volcanoes on Unimak Island are in the background.
Ugamak Island as seen from the Bering Sea looking east towards Unimak Island. Ugamak is in the foreground and Shishaldin and Isanotski volcanoes on Unimak Island are in the background.
Location in Alaska

References


  1. Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
  2. de:Kaligagan Island




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[de] Ugamak Island

Ugamak Island ist eine Insel der Krenitzin Islands, einer Untergruppe der Inselgruppe der Fox Islands in den östlichen Aleuten, Alaska. Die Insel ist über 8 km lang und liegt etwa 60 km östlich von Akutan Island. Die Ugamak Straße trennt Ugamak von Kaligagan Island im Westen. Im Süden der Insel liegt Aiktak Island und die kleine Seelöwen-Insel Round Island.
- [en] Ugamak Island

[fr] Île Ugamak

L'île Ugamak (en aléoute : Ugangax̂) est une île du groupe des Îles Fox appartenant aux îles Aléoutiennes en Alaska (États-Unis).

[it] Ugamak

Ugamak (in lingua aleutina Ugangax[1]), chiamata anche Kagalga[2], è la più orientale delle isole Krenitzin, un sottogruppo delle isole Fox nell'arcipelago delle Aleutine orientali e appartiene all'Alaska (USA). Ugamak è una parola aleutina trascritta, nel 1840, da padre Veniaminov (Sant'Innocenzo d'Alaska) e che significa "isola-cerimonia".



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