Saint Matthew Island
St. Matthew Island is an uninhabited, remote island in the Bering Sea in Alaska, 183 miles west-northwest of Nunivak Island. The entire island's natural scenery and wildlife is protected, as it is part of the Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and as the Bering Sea Wilderness.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 810 feet (250 metres)
- …was formerly known as “Gore’s Island”
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as“Choris Island”“Goar’s Island”“Goer’s Island”“Gowers Island”“Ile Saint Matthieu”“Island Apostle Matthei”“Matwi Island”“Ostrov Svyataya Matvyya”“Saint Mathew Island”“Saint Matwey Island”“St. Matthew Island”
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
60.40861° or 60° 24′ 31″ north
Longitude
-172.72° or 172° 43′ 12″ west
Open location code
92G9C75J+C2
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Saint Matthew Island” goes by many names.
Müqəddəs Matvey adasıAzerbaijani
Illa de Sant MateuCatalan
St. Matthew IslandCatalan
Saint Matthew IslandCebuano
聖馬修島Chinese
聖馬修島(en)Chinese
St. Matthew IslandCzech
St. Matthew IslandDutch
سانت. ماثيوEgyptian Arabic
سانت. ماثيو ايسلاندEgyptian Arabic
Saint Matthew IslandFinnish
Pulau St. MatthewIndonesian
Isola San MatteoItalian
セントマシュー島Japanese
세인트매튜섬Korean
Saint Matthew IslandNorwegian
Saint Matthew IslandNorwegian Bokmål
Wyspa Świętego MateuszaPolish
Остров Святого МатвеяRussian
St. Matthew IslandSerbian
Сент МетјуSerbian
Ostrov svätého MatúšaSlovak
St. Matthew AdasıTurkish
Острів Святого МатвіяUkrainian
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