- Shumagin Islands
The Shumagin Islands are a group of 20 islands in the Aleutians East Borough south of the mainland of
Alaska ,USA , at 54°54'–55°20' North 159°15'–160°45' West. The largest islands areUnga Island ,Popof Island ,Korovin Island , andNagai Island . Other islands include Andronica, Big Koniuji, Little Koniuji, Simeonof, Chernabura, and Bird. The total land area is 1,192.369 km² (460.376 sq mi) and their total population as of the 2000 census was 953 persons, almost entirely in the city of Sand Point, on Popof Island.The Shumagin Islands were named after Nikita Shumagin, one of the sailors on
Vitus Bering 's 1741 expedition to the arctic seas who died of scurvy and was buried on Nagai Island.References
* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-redoLog=false&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=17.701027675209602|dh=6.035539041852557|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-170.20089635341083|cy=63.430295928031335|zl=8|pz=8|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=04000US02&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=15000US020130001003&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003003&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003004&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003005&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003006&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003007&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003008&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003009&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003010&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003011&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003012&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003013&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003014&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003015&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003016&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003017&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003018&-search_results=100$10000US020130001003019&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U Shumagin Islands: Block Group 3, Census Tract 1, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska] United States Census Bureau
External links
* [http://library.state.ak.us/asp/edocs/2007/04/ocn133109565.pdf South Unimak and Shumagin Islands June fisheries salmon management plan, 2007] / by Aaron D. Poetter. Hosted by the [http://library.state.ak.us/asp Alaska State Publications Program] .
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