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    Yunaska Island

    52°39′N 170°38′W

    Yunaska (Aleut: Yunax̂sxa; Russian: Юнаска) is an uninhabited island which is the largest of the Islands of Four Mountains group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, United States. It has a land area of 66.834 square miles (173.099 square kilometres) according to the 2000 census.

    Yunaska Islands. From: Voyage pittoresque autour du monde
    Yunaska Islands. From: Voyage pittoresque autour du monde

    Louis Choris (1795–1828) / Public domain

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    52°39′N 170°38′W

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    Yunaska (Aleut: Yunax̂sxa; Russian: Юнаска) is an uninhabited island which is the largest of the Islands of Four Mountains group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, United States. It has a land area of 66.834 square miles (173.099 square kilometres) according to the 2000 census. The island comprises two volcanic mountains, with a valley between. The western mountain is composed of four overlapping and eroded stratovolcanoes, with a cinder cone field at the western end. It has not been historically active. The eastern mountain is a large shield volcano with two overlapping summit calderas, which last erupted in 1937.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Aleutian Islands

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      Minor islands

    Also in Islands of Four Mountains

    Sources

    Facts

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

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