Shemya Island

Shemya or Simiya is a small island in the group of the chain in the archipelago southwest of , at. It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi, and is about 1,200 miles southwest of .
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  • Island
  • …has 27 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 177 feet (54 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code SYA
  • …was formerly known as “Semitchi Island”
  • Description: island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as
    “Fhemya Island”
    “Sabya”
    “Samiyax”
    “Shemea”
    “Shemya”
    “Shenya Island”
    “Simiya Island”

Shemya Island

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Latitude
52.72221° or 52° 43′ 20″ north
Longitude
174.11223° or 174° 6′ 44″ east
UN/LOCODE
US SYA
Open location code
9V4PP4C6+VV
Geo­Names ID
4046198
Wiki­data ID
Q2278066

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In Other Languages

From Aleut to Turkish—“Shemya Island” goes by many names.
  • Aleut: “Samiyax̂”
  • Asturian: “Islla Shemya”
  • Azerbaijani: “Simiya adası”
  • Catalan: “Illa Shemya”
  • Cebuano: “Shemya Island”
  • Chinese: “申雅島”
  • Dutch: “Shemya”
  • French: “Shemya”
  • German: “Shemya Island”
  • Italian: “Shemya”
  • Japanese: “シェミア島”
  • Japanese: “シェミヤ島”
  • Persian: “شمیا استیشن، آلاسکا”
  • Persian: “شمیا استیشن”
  • Russian: “Симия”
  • Russian: “Шемья”
  • Spanish: “Isla Shemya”
  • Spanish: “Shemya”
  • Spanish: “Simiya”
  • Turkish: “Shemya Adası”

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