Unimak Island
Unimak Island från rymden, bild tagen i september 2002.
Pälsjägare med rävskinn på Unimak Island
Unimak Island är den största ön i ögruppen Aleuterna i den amerikanska delstaten Alaska. Det är den östligaste ön i gruppen, och med en yta på 4 069 km² är den USA:s nionde största ö. På ön ligger Mount Shishaldin, en av världens mest aktiva vulkaner. Enligt 2000 års folkräkning bor 64 personer på ön, allihopa i byn False Pass på östra delen av ön.
Till skillnad från resten av Aleuterna lever ganska många olika landburna däggdjur på ön, inklusive brunbjörn och ren. Det största däggdjuret i övriga Aleuterna är rödräv.
Flygplatser
- Akutan Seaplane Base
- Cape Sarichef Airport
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Unimak Island, Alaska, United States - September 1992
Seen in this southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph is Unimak Island, Alaska, the largest island in the Aleutian chain. The major volcano on the island (snow-capped peak at the center of the photograph), Shishaldin, rises approximately 9400 feet (2860 meters) and has been active during the last 175 years, with several eruptions occurring recently. The volcano is known locally as "Smoking Moses." At the southwestern end of the island is the snow-capped Pogromni Volcano. The blue lake situated in a large volcanic caldera, which can be seen midway between the Pogromni and Shishaldin volcanoes, is the result of a now extinct volcano that collapsed.
Unimak Island, Alaska, United States - September 1992
Seen in this southwest-looking, low-oblique photograph is Unimak Island, Alaska, the largest island in the Aleutian chain. The major volcano on the island (snow-capped peak at the center of the photograph), Shishaldin, rises approximately 9400 feet (2860 meters) and has been active during the last 175 years, with several eruptions occurring recently. The volcano is known locally as "Smoking Moses." At the southwestern end of the island is the snow-capped Pogromni Volcano. The blue lake situated in a large volcanic caldera, which can be seen midway between the Pogromni and Shishaldin volcanoes, is the result of a now extinct volcano that collapsed.