Amaknak Island

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Amaknak Island or Umaknak Island (Amaxnax̂ [Bergsland, K "Aleut Dictionary" Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994] in Aleut) is an islet in Unalaska Bay, northeast of Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. The Dutch Harbor area of Unalaska, Alaska is on Amaknak Island. The land area is 8.5 sq. km (3.3 sq.mi.), and the population was 2,524 as of the 2000 census, comprising almost 59 percent of the city of Unalaska's population. It is the most populous of all the islands of the Aleutians chain.

References

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001000&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001001&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001002&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001003&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001004&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001005&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001006&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001007&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001008&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001009&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001010&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001011&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001012&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001013&-geo_id=100$10000US020160002001014&-search_results=15000US020160002002&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Amaknak Island: Blocks 1000 thru 1014, Census Tract 2, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska] United States Census Bureau

Further reading

* Pringle, Heather. 2007. "The Battle Over Amaknak Bridge - Progress Versus Preservation in Alaska's Aleutian Islands". "Archaeology : a Magazine Dealing with the Antiquity of the World". 60, no. 3: 28.