Ugidak Island

Ugidak
	Ugidak Location on a map of Alaska
Geography
Location	Bering Sea
Coordinates	51°34′57″N 178°30′28″E / 51.58250°N 178.50778°E
Archipelago	Delarof Islands
Area	0.15 km2 (0.058 sq mi)
Administration
	United States
State	Alaska

Ugidak Island (Aleut: Qagan-tanax^[1]) is an island in the Delarof Islands subgroup of the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska. It was named by Captain Mikhail Tebenkov of the Imperial Russian Navy in 1852 as Kamen 'Ugidakh^[2] (Камень in Russian means "stone").

The island is only 150 meters long and is located 5.5 km (3.4 mi) east of Skagul Island.

References

^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
^ GNIS Feature Detail Report for: Ugidak Island

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