Sledge Island
Sledge Island, or Ayak Island, is a small volcanic island in the Bering Sea. It is located 5.3 mi from the southwestern shore of the Seward Peninsula, off the shores of Alaska.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Ajak Island”, “Asiak Island”, “Asshiak Island”, “Ayak Island”, “Aziak Island”, “Azjiak Island”, “Ostrov Azvyak”, and “Ostrov Azzhiak”
Sledge Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
64.48471° or 64° 29′ 5″ north
Longitude
-166.21071° or 166° 12′ 39″ west
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US SI2
Open location code
92PMFQMQ+VP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Sledge Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Slec adası”
- Catalan: “Siedge Island”
- Cebuano: “Sledge Island”
- Chinese: “斯萊奇島”
- Dutch: “Sledge Island”
- Inupiaq: “Ayaaq”
- Italian: “isola di Sledge”
- Italian: “Isola Sledge”
- Japanese: “スレッジ島”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Sledge”
- Russian: “Следж”
- Spanish: “Isla Sledge”
- Turkish: “Sledge Adası”
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Places to explore: Aziak and Sinuk.
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