Atka Island

Atka Island
Island
Atka Island
Coordinates: 52°08′17″N 174°26′43″W / 52.13806°N 174.44528°W / 52.13806; -174.44528
Country	United States
State	Alaska
Archipelago	Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands
Area^[1]
• Total	404.93 sq mi (1,048.8 km²)
• Land	404.6 sq mi (1,048 km²)
• Water	0.33 sq mi (0.9 km²)
Population (2000)^[1]
• Total	95
• Density	0.23/sq mi (0.091/km²)
ZIP code	99547

Atka Island reindeer and World War II aircraft

Atka Island (Aleut: Atx̂ax̂^[2]) is the largest island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is 50 miles (80 km) east of Adak Island. It is 65 miles (105 km) long and 2–20 miles (3–30 km) wide with a land area of 404.6 square miles (1,048 km²), making it the 22nd largest island in the United States. The northeast of Atka Island contains the Korovin volcano which reaches a peak of 5,030 feet (1,533 m). Oglodak Island is located 3.4 miles (3.0 nmi; 5.5 km) off Cape Kigun, Atka's westernmost point.

The city of Atka, Alaska is on the east side of the island. The 2000 census population of the island was 95 persons, almost all in the city of Atka.^[1]

On December 5, 2008, President George W. Bush created the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. A crashed B-24 Liberator on Atka is one of the 9 sites in the monument.

Education

Atka village in winter

Atka is served by the Aleutian Region Schools.

The Yakov E. Netsvetov School serves grades K-12.

References

1 2 3 Atka Island: Blocks 1085 thru 1100 and Block 1103, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
↑ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.

Walter, Eugene; Katherine Clark (2002). "The Arctic Circle". Milking the Moon: A Southerner's Story of Life on This Planet. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-609-80965-2. The author describes his three years serving on Atka as a military cryptologist during World War II.

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Islands in the Bering Sea

Adak Adugak Agattu Aiktak Akun Akutan Amak Amaknak Amatignak Amchitka Amlia Amukta Anangula Ananiuliak Arakamchechen Atka Attu Avatanak Aziak Bering Besboro Bobrof Bogoslof Buldir Carlisle Chagulak Chuginadak Chugul Derbin Egg Gareloi Great Sitkin Hagemeister Hall Hawadax Herbert Igitkin Ilak Kagalaska Kagamil Kanaga Karaginsky Kasatochi Khvostof King Kiska Koniuji Kritskoi Little Sitkin Little Tanaga Medny Nelson Nunivak Oglodak Otter Pancake Rock Poa Rootok Sagchudak Samalga Sanak Sea Lion Rock Sea Otter Rocks Sedanka Seguam Segula Semisopochnoi Shemya Sledge St. Lawrence St. Matthew St. Michael St. Paul Stuart Tagalak Tanaga Tigalda Ugamak Ulak Uliaga Umak Umnak Unalaska Unalga Unimak Walrus Walrus (Pribilof) Wislow Yttygran Yunaska

Island groups Aleutian Andreanof Baby Commander Delarof Diomede Fox Four Mountains Krenitzin Kudobin Near Pribilof Punuk Rat Sanak Seal Walrus Walrus and Kritskoi

Coordinates: 52°08′17″N 174°26′43″W / 52.13806°N 174.44528°W / 52.13806; -174.44528

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 243855712 GND: 4518809-9

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