United States
58°56′N 152°11′W
Barren Islands
Part of Kodiak Archipelago
The Barren Islands (Sugpiaq: Usu'unaat) are an archipelago in Alaska in the United States. They are the northernmost islands of the Kodiak Archipelago. The largest island of the group is Ushagat Island. 0 km2) and are uninhabited.
Overview
The Barren Islands (Sugpiaq: Usu'unaat) are an archipelago in Alaska in the United States. They are the northernmost islands of the Kodiak Archipelago. The largest island of the group is Ushagat Island. The islands have a combined land area of 16.23 square miles (42.0 km2) and are uninhabited. The largest breeding grounds of seabirds in Alaska are located in the Barren Islands on East Amatuli Island and Nord Island. The archipelago is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands2
- Minor islands4
- Islets12
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Ushagat Island
- Area
- 28.3 km²
- High point
- 411 m
West Amatuli Island
- Area
- 6.8 km²
- High point
- 414 m
Minor islands
East Amatuli Island
- Area
- 4.3 km²
- High point
- 398 m
Sud Island
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 299 m
Sugarloaf Island
- Area
- 0.74 km²
- High point
- 368 m
Nord Island
- Area
- 0.4 km²
- High point
- 210 m
Islets
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island10 m · 0.8 ha
- Unnamed island5 m · 0.6 ha
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.4 ha
- Unnamed island13 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island0.3 ha
- Unnamed island6 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island0.2 ha
- Unnamed island6 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.2 ha
- Unnamed island0.1 ha
- Unnamed island0.1 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- West Amatuli: 414 m
- Ushagat: 411 m
- East Amatuli: 398 m
- Sugarloaf: 368 m
- Sud: 299 m
- Nord: 210 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Ushagat Island | 28.3 km² |
| West Amatuli Island | 6.8 km² |
| East Amatuli Island | 4.3 km² |
| Sud Island | 1.1 km² |
| Sugarloaf Island | 0.74 km² |
| Nord Island | 0.4 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.8 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |