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    Samalga Island

    Samalĝa

    52°47′N 169°12′W

    Samalga Island (Aleut: Samalĝa; Russian: Самалга) is the westernmost island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. 63 km) long and is situated at the southwestern tip of Umnak Island. 12 km2) and is uninhabited.

    52°47′N 169°12′W

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    Samalga Island (Aleut: Samalĝa; Russian: Самалга) is the westernmost island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is 5.36 miles (8.63 km) long and is situated at the southwestern tip of Umnak Island. It has a land area of 1.589 square miles (4.12 km2) and is uninhabited. It is separated from the Islands of Four Mountains group to the west by the Samalga Pass. Samalga is the furthest point west on the Aleutian Island chain that still keeps the Alaska UTC−9 time zone (UTC−8 daylight time from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November as of 2010). It is also the closest Alaskan island to Hawaii.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Fox Islands

    Also in Aleutian Islands

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      Minor islands

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      Minor islands

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    Facts

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