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52°44′N 173°59′E
Semichi Islands
Part of Near Islands
The Semichi Islands (Samiyan in Aleut; Russian: Семичи) are a cluster of small islands in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. They are located southeast of Attu Island and northeast of Agattu Island, near 52°44′06″N 173°59′28″E.
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The Semichi Islands (Samiyan in Aleut; Russian: Семичи) are a cluster of small islands in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. They are located southeast of Attu Island and northeast of Agattu Island, near 52°44′06″N 173°59′28″E. Named islands in the group include Alaid Island, Hammerhead Island, Lotus Island, Nizki Island, and Shemya. The Semichi Islands are an important nesting area for red-faced cormorants and glaucous-winged gulls. They also provides important habitat for waterfowl: The Aleutian subspecies of cackling goose nests on the islands in significant numbers, and common eider and emperor goose winter in the area. Black oystercatchers are also found in significant numbers.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands0
- Islets5
- Rocks & skerries1
Major islands
Shemya
- Area
- 14.1 km²
- High point
- 85 m
Shemya or Simiya (Aleut: Samiyax̂) is a small island in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at 52°43′27″N 174°07′08″E. 29 km2), and is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. 95 km) long.
Nizki Island
- Area
- 7.5 km²
- High point
- 49 m
S. state of Alaska. Located at 52°44′28″N 173°59′08″E, it is the middle island of the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands. Flanked by Shemya to the east and Alaid to the west, three-mile-long (5 km) Nizki is periodically joined to Alaid by a sand spit.
Alaid Island
- Area
- 6.3 km²
- High point
- 196 m
Alaid Island (Igingiinax̂ in Aleut, Russian: Алаид) is the westernmost of the Semichi Islands, a subgroup of the Near Islands group that lies at the extreme western end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Islets
- Lotus Island14 m · 0.02 km²
- Hammerhead Island2 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island2 m · 0.01 km²
- Unnamed island0.6 ha
- Unnamed island4 m · 0.2 ha
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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Comparative heights
- Alaid: 196 m
- Shemya: 85 m
- Nizki: 49 m
- Lotus: 14 m
- Hammerhead: 2 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Shemya | 14.1 km² |
| Nizki Island | 7.5 km² |
| Alaid Island | 6.3 km² |
| Lotus Island | 0.02 km² |
| Hammerhead Island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.01 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.6 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.2 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
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Facts
Photographs
- Cobra Dane radar, Eareckson Air Station, Shemya, Alaska. Chief Petty Officer Brandon Raile / Public domain