Amaknak Island
Amaknak Island or Umaknak Island is the most populated island in the Aleutian Islands, an archipelago which is part of the U.S. state of Alaska.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Amakhnak”, “Amakhnak Island”, “Amaknah Island”, “Amaknax”, “Amaxnax”, “Amoknak”, “Amoknak Island”, “Ostrov Amaknakh”, “Udaxtam Tangii”, and “Umaknak Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Unalaska Airport and Holy Ascension Orthodox Church.
Unalaska Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tom Madsen Airport is a state-owned public-use airport in City of Unalaska, on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands, off the coast of the U.S. state of Alaska.
Holy Ascension Orthodox Church
Church
The Church of the Holy Ascension, also known as the Holy Ascension Orthodox Church, is a prominent landmark in Unalaska, the major community of the western Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska. Holy Ascension Orthodox Church is situated 2½ miles south of Amaknak Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Unalaska.
Unalaska
Photo: Sonya, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Unalaska is a city on the Aleutian Islands of Unalaska and Amaknak. The part of the city on Amaknak Island is known as Dutch Harbor. It is the eleventh largest city in Alaska and has 4,400 residents.
Amaknak Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Amaknak Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aleut to Ukrainian—“Amaknak Island” goes by many names.
- Aleut: “Amaxnax̂”
- Azerbaijani: “Amaknak adası”
- Catalan: “Amaknak”
- Cebuano: “Amaknak Island”
- Chinese: “阿馬克納克島”
- Dutch: “Amaknak Island”
- French: “île Amaknak”
- French: “Île Amaknak”
- Galician: “Amaknak”
- German: “Amaknak Island”
- German: “Amaknak”
- Irish: “Oileán Amaknak”
- Italian: “Amaknak”
- Japanese: “アマクナック島”
- Korean: “애머크낵섬”
- Malayalam: “അമാക്നാക് ദ്വീപ്”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Amaknak”
- Russian: “Амакнак”
- Turkish: “Amaknak Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Амакнак”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dutch Harbor and Biorka.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Ballyhoo and Dutch Harbor.
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