Avatanak Island ( ale, Agutanax̂; russian: Аватанак) is the second-largest (with a length of 10 mi) of the

Krenitzin Islands The Krenitzin Islands (centered at ca. ) are a group of small islands located in the eastern portion of the Fox Islands (Alaska), Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Krenitizins are situated between Unalaska Island to t ...

, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...

in the

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Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

. It lies southeast of

Akun Island Akun Island ( ale, Akungan) is one of the Fox Islands subgroup of the Aleutian Islands in the Aleutians East Borough of southwestern Alaska. Geography The island lies east of Akutan Island and southwest of Unimak Island, across the Unimak Pas ...

, across the Avatanak Strait. Within the Krenitzin Islands, it lies between

Rootok Island Rootok Island (also called ''Aektok'', ''Aiaktak'', ''Ouektock'', ''Aiaiepta'', ''Veniaminof'', or ''Goloi'' (alt: ''Goly''; russian: родила"bare") is the smallest member of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the easter ...

(Aayux̂tax̂) to the west, and

Tigalda Island Tigalda Island ( ale, Qigalĝan) is one of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Tigalda is located about east of Akutan Island, is long and has an area of about . Tigalda is an Aleut n ...

to the east. Avatanak is an

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name transcribed by Russian explorers into various spellings and apparently identical with Aiaialgutak of Captain Lt. Krenitzin and Lt. Levashev (1768). The name Avatanak was published by

Father Veniaminov A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...

(1840) and Captain Tebenkov (1852), whereas Captain Lutke and the

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(1847) used the spelling Avatanok. Avatanak Strait separates Avatanak from

to the northwest, and Avatanak Bight is a bay on the southeastern coast of Avatanak.

References

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