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Unimak Island

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U·ni·mak Island  (yn-mk)
An island of southwest Alaska in the eastern Aleutian Islands separated from the Alaska Peninsula by a narrow strait. It is the largest island of the group.

Unimak Island [ˈjuːnɪˌmæk]
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(Placename) an island in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands. Length: 113 km (70 miles)


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Shubnikov and Lisovenko (1964) suggested that some northern rock sole migrate from Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands to areas northeast of the Pribilof Islands between April and July, covering a distance of more than 500 km.
One of the most destructive tsunamis of the past century resulted from a great earthquake centered near Unimak Island in Alaska's Prince William Sound on April 1, 1946.
Fishing grounds near Dutch Harbor and Unimak Island, at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula, that were closed to 20 miles are scheduled this month to be re-opened to within 10 miles of shore because sea lion populations are increasing at an annual rate of 7 percent and 3 percent, respectively.
 
 
 
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