King Island
King Island is a small island in the Bering Sea, west of Alaska. It is about 40 miles south of Wales, Alaska. Although it has been used in the past as a winter home by the Iñupiat, it is currently uninhabited.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Ile de King”, “King Island, Alaska”, “King’s Island”, “Kings Island”, “O-kee-buck”, “Okiben Island”, “Oo-ghe-a-book Islandq”, “Oo-ghee-a-book Island”, “Oooghe-a-book Island”, “Oukivok Island”, “Ukiivak”, “Ukivok Island”, “Ukivok-King Islands”, “Ukiwuk Island”, and “Uviuvok Island”
King Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
64.97186° or 64° 58′ 19″ northLongitude
-168.07335° or 168° 4′ 24″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
92PHXWCG+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 44765201OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5866322Wikidata ID
Q126043
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“King Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kinq adası (Alyaska)”
- Azerbaijani: “Kinq adası”
- Belarusian: “Кінг (востраў, Аляска)”
- Belarusian: “Кінг”
- Cebuano: “King Island”
- Chinese: “帝王岛”
- Chinese: “帝王島(en)”
- Chinese: “金岛”
- Dutch: “King Island”
- French: “King island alaska”
- French: “King Island”
- German: “King Island”
- Inupiaq: “Ugiuvak”
- Italian: “isola King”
- Italian: “Isola King”
- Japanese: “キング島 (アラスカ州)”
- Korean: “킹섬”
- Portuguese: “Ilha do Rei”
- Romanian: “Insula King”
- Russian: “Кинг”
- Russian: “Остров Кинг”
- Spanish: “Isla del Rey”
- Turkish: “King Adası, Alaska”
- Turkish: “King Adası”
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