Nelson Island
Nelson Island is an island in the Bethel Census Area of southwestern Alaska. It is 42 miles long and 20–35 miles wide. With an area of 843 square miles, it is the 15th largest island in the United States.- Island
- …has 1,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 774 feet (236 metres)
- …is also known as “Qaluyaaq”
- Description: island near Nunivak Island in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States
Nelson Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
60.63917° or 60° 38′ 21″ north
Longitude
-164.75028° or 164° 45′ 1″ west
Open location code
92GQJ6QX+MV
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Nelson Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة نيلسون”
- Azerbaijani: “Nelson adası (Alyaska)”
- Azerbaijani: “Nelson adası”
- Cebuano: “Nelson Island”
- Chinese: “納爾遜島”
- Chinese: “纳尔逊岛”
- Dutch: “Nelson Island”
- French: “île Nelson”
- French: “Île Nelson”
- Galician: “Illa Nelson”
- German: “Nelson Island”
- Greek: “Νέλσον”
- Italian: “isola di Nelson”
- Italian: “Isola di Nelson”
- Japanese: “ネルソン島 (アラスカ州)”
- Japanese: “ネルソン島”
- Persian: “جزیره نلسون (آلاسکا)”
- Persian: “جزیره نلسون”
- Polish: “Wyspa Nelsona (Alaska)”
- Polish: “Wyspa Nelsona”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Nelson (Alasca)”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Nelson”
- Russian: “Нельсон”
- Spanish: “Isla Nelson”
- Turkish: “Nelson Adası (Alaska)”
- Turkish: “Nelson Adası”
- Urdu: “جزیرہ نیلسن”
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