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    Nagai Island

    55°05′N 160°02′W

    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.

    Shumagin Islands, Nagai Island, 1985 [1]
    Shumagin Islands, Nagai Island, 1985 [1]

    Bailey, Ed - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain

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    55°05′N 160°02′W

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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.

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
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