Kiska Island

Kiska is one of the , a group of the of . It is about 22 miles long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles. It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permission is required to visit it.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 794 feet (242 metres)
  • …was formerly known as “Kyska Island”
  • Description: island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as
    “Big Kiska Island”
    “Grand Kiska Island”
    “Great Kysa Island”
    “Great Kyska Island”
    “Keeska Island”
    “Kiksa Island”
    “Kishka Island”
    “Kiska”
    “Kuska Island”
    “Narukam”
    “Narukami”
    “Qixsa”
    “Saint Makarius Island”
    “Saint Markiana Island”
    “Saint Stephen Island”

Kiska Island

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Latitude
51.96417° or 51° 57′ 51″ north
Longitude
177.46° or 177° 27′ 36″ east
UN/LOCODE
US KIS
Open location code
9V3VXF76+M2
Geo­Names ID
4046208
Wiki­data ID
Q1096067

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In Other Languages

From Aleut to Ukrainian—“Kiska Island” goes by many names.
  • Aleut: “Qisxa”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kiska adası”
  • Basque: “Kiska”
  • Belarusian: “Кыска”
  • Catalan: “Illa Kiska”
  • Catalan: “Kiska”
  • Cebuano: “Kiska Island”
  • Chinese: “基斯卡岛”
  • Chinese: “基斯卡島”
  • Czech: “Kiska”
  • Dutch: “Kiska”
  • Esperanto: “Kiska”
  • Esperanto: “Kisko”
  • Finnish: “Kiska”
  • French: “Île Kiska”
  • French: “Kiska”
  • German: “Kiska Island”
  • Hebrew: “קיסקה”
  • Italian: “Isola di Kiska”
  • Italian: “Kiska”
  • Japanese: “キスカ島”
  • Japanese: “小キスカ島”
  • Korean: “키스카섬”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kiska”
  • Norwegian: “Kiska”
  • Persian: “کیشکا (جزیره)”
  • Persian: “کیشکا”
  • Polish: “Kiska”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Kiska”
  • Portuguese: “Kiska”
  • Russian: “Киска”
  • Russian: “Кыска”
  • Serbian: “Киска”
  • Spanish: “Kiska”
  • Turkish: “Kiska Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Киска”

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