Adugak Island

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Adugak Island (also spelled Adougakh, possibly from Aleut "Adudak" [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dUQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA81&lpg=PA81&dq=adugak+island&source=web&ots=aE9uAOsST2&sig=fGfKy_cwAni9XdDUKYOZ4Oe32g4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result| title=Bulletin - United States Geological Survey| publisher=United States Geological Survey| date=1906| accessdate=2008-09-22] ) is a small island in the Fox Islands group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. It is about convert|2|km|mi long and is located convert|8|km|mi off the northwest coast of Umnak Island. The island has been protected as a rookery for the endangered steller sea lion, [cite web|url=http://law.justia.com/us/cfr/title50/50-7.0.1.3.5.2.13.2.html|title=US Code - 50 CFR Ch. II - Subpart B - § 223.202 - Steller sea lion| publisher=United States Federal Government| accessdate=2008-09-22] which has been observed during the winter feeding on the fish that inhabit the water nearby. [cite web|url=http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/sustainablefisheries/sslmc/research/sinclair_zepplin.pdf| title=SEASONAL AND SPATIAL DIFFERENCES IN DIET IN THE WESTERN STOCK OF STELLER SEA LIONS (page 8)| first=Elizabeth |last= Sinclair| publisher=National Marine Mammal Laboratory| accessdate=2008-09-22] The island reaches an elevation of about convert|31|m|ft above sea level and the area around the island is extremely hazardous to ships because of the numerous rocks that lie just below the surface of the water. [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pcpBAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=adugak+island&source=web&ots=fTPa6zSTs5&sig=4pxxtxkZWs5zONBNSzIW5faaYeY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA216,M1| title=United States Coast Pilot: Alaska. Part II. Yakutat Bay to Arctic Ocean| author =U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey| date=1916| publisher= US Govt. Printing Office| accessdate=2008-09-22]

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