Saint Matthew Island

St. Matthew Island is an uninhabited, remote island in the Bering Sea in , 183 miles west-northwest of . The entire island's natural scenery and wildlife is protected as it is part of the Bering Sea unit of the and as the Bering Sea Wilderness.
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  • Type: 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”, and “St. Matthew Island
  • Historically known as: Goers Island” and “Gore’s Island

Saint Matthew Island

Latitude
60.40861° or 60° 24′ 31″ north
Longitude
-172.72° or 172° 43′ 12″ west
Elevation
814 feet (248 metres)
Open location code
92G9C75J+C2
Geo­Names ID
5873198
Wiki­data ID
Q1655937
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Saint Matthew Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs Matvey adası
  • Catalan: Illa de Sant Mateu
  • Catalan: St. Matthew Island
  • Cebuano: Saint Matthew Island
  • Chinese: 聖馬修島(en)
  • Chinese: 聖馬修島
  • Czech: St. Matthew Island
  • Dutch: St. Matthew Island
  • Egyptian Arabic: سانت. ماثيو ايسلاند
  • Egyptian Arabic: سانت. ماثيو
  • Finnish: Saint Matthew Island
  • French: île Saint-Matthieu
  • French: Île Saint-Matthieu
  • German: St.-Matthew-Insel
  • Indonesian: Pulau St. Matthew
  • Italian: Isola San Matteo
  • Japanese: セントマシュー島
  • Korean: 세인트매튜섬
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Saint Matthew Island
  • Norwegian: Saint Matthew Island
  • Polish: Wyspa Świętego Mateusza
  • Portuguese: Ilha de São Mateus
  • Russian: Остров Святого Матвея
  • Serbian: St. Matthew Island
  • Serbian: Сент Метју
  • Slovak: Ostrov svätého Matúša
  • Spanish: Isla de San Mateo
  • Turkish: St. Matthew Adası
  • Ukrainian: Острів Святого Матвія

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