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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 , off the shores of .
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  • 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

Latitude
64.48471° or 64° 29′ 5″ north
Longitude
-166.21071° or 166° 12′ 39″ west
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SI2
Open location code
92PMFQMQ+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20748782
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5874504
Wiki­data ID
Q2018698
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Spanish—“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”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sledge Island”. Photo: Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0.