Aziak Island
Aziak Island is a small island in the Andreanof Islands group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. The name "Aziak" is derived from the Aleut word ha-azax - "ten," and in many books and charts published before 1920, it was often used to refer to Sledge Island, located 930 miles to the northeast off the Seward Peninsula, or to a native settlement on that island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Azaik”, “Azaik Island”, “Azik”, “Azik Island”, “Azki”, “Azki Island”, “Azlak”, “Ostrov Azik”, and “Ostrov Azyak”
Aziak Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Aleutians West, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
51.95127° or 51° 57′ 5″ northLongitude
-176.15743° or 176° 9′ 27″ westElevation
384 feet (117 metres)Open location code
9235XR2V+G2OpenStreetMap ID
way 654740397OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5879846Wikidata ID
Q793742
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In Other Languages
From Aleut to Ukrainian—“Aziak Island” goes by many names.
- Aleut: “Haazax”
- Azerbaijani: “Aziak adası”
- Cebuano: “Aziak Island”
- Chinese: “阿兹阿克岛”
- Dutch: “Aziak Island”
- French: “île Aziak”
- French: “Île Aziak”
- German: “Aziak Island”
- Italian: “Aziak”
- Russian: “Азиак”
- Ukrainian: “Азіак”
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