Great Sitkin Island
Great Sitkin Island is a volcanic island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island covers a total area of 60 square miles and lies slightly north of a group of islands which are located between Adak Island and Atka Island.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Chetkina”, “Eastern Sitkin Island”, “Grean Sitchine Island”, “Great Net Island”, “Great Sitchin Island”, “Nitalikh Island”, “Ostrov Sitkhin”, “Seetien Island”, “Sigdak Island”, “Sitchini Island”, “Sitkin Island”, “Sitxinax”, “Tschechina Island”, and “Tsetchina Island”
- Historically known as: “Sitchin Island”
Great Sitkin 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—“Great Sitkin Island” goes by many names.
- Aleut: “Sitх̑naх̑”
- Arabic: “جزيرة سيتكين العظمى”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyük Sitkin adası”
- Catalan: “Great Sitkin”
- Cebuano: “Great Sitkin Island”
- Chinese: “大錫特金島”
- Dutch: “Great Sitkin Island”
- French: “Great Sitkin Island”
- French: “Great Sitkin”
- French: “île Great Sitkin”
- French: “Île Great Sitkin”
- German: “Great Sitkin (Vulkan)”
- German: “Great Sitkin Island”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Great Sitkin”
- Italian: “Great Sitkin”
- Japanese: “グレート・スキン島”
- Russian: “Большой Ситкин”
- Ukrainian: “Великий Сіткін”
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