Hawadax Island
Hawadax Island is an island in the Rat Islands archipelago of the western Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. The island was formerly known as Rat Island until May 2012 when it was renamed Hawadax Island, which is an Aleut name meaning "entry" and "welcome".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Agadak Island”, “Aiugadakh”, “Ajugadach Island”, “Ayougadakh Island”, “Ayugadakh Krysi”, “Hawadax Island, Alaska”, “Island aux Rats”, “Krissey Island”, “Kryci Island”, “Krysi Island”, “Krysii”, “Ostrov Ayugadak”, and “Rats Island”
- Historically known as: “Rat Island”
Hawadax Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Aleut to Ukrainian—“Hawadax Island” goes by many names.
- Aleut: “Hawadax”
- Azerbaijani: “Siçovul adası”
- Catalan: “Hawadax”
- Catalan: “Illa de la rata”
- Cebuano: “Hawadax Island”
- Chinese: “拉特岛”
- Dutch: “Hawadax Island”
- French: “île Hawadax”
- French: “Île Hawadax”
- German: “Hawadax Island”
- German: “Kryssi”
- German: “Rat Island”
- Hebrew: “אי החולדות”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Hawadax”
- Italian: “isola Rat”
- Italian: “Isola Rat”
- Polish: “Hawadax Island”
- Portuguese: “Hawadax”
- Russian: “Крысий”
- Ukrainian: “Хавадакс”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hawadax Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.