Kiska Island
Kiska is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. 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.| 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: “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”, and “Saint Stephen Island”
- Historically known as: “Kyska Island”
Kiska Island
- Categories: volcanic island and 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—“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: “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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