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Chuginadak Island ( ale, Tanax̂ Angunax̂; russian: Чугинадак) is the largest island in the
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/ref> The only major geographical place is Applegate Cove (2.5 miles across) (Chuguuĝix̂) on the Northern coast. The cove was named for Samuel Applegate, USC&GS, who commanded the schooner ''Nellie Juan'' during a survey of this area in the 1880s.
Islands of Four Mountains
Islands of Four Mountains (russian: Четырёхсопочные острова) is an island grouping of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The chain includes, from west to east, Amukta, Chagulak, Yunaska, Herbert, Carlisle, ...
subgroup of the Aleutian archipelago. Chuginadak is an Aleutian name published by Captain Tebenkov in an 1852 map. According to Knut Bergsland
Knut Bergsland (7 March 1914 – 9 July 1998) was a Norwegian linguist. Working as a professor at the University of Oslo from 1947 to 1981, he did groundbreaking research in Uralic (especially Sami) and Eskaleut languages.
Career
He was born in K ...
's Aleut Dictionary, the Aleutian word "chugida-lix" means "to fry, to make sizzle." The Western half of the island is called Chuginadax in Aleut
The Aleuts ( ; russian: Алеуты, Aleuty) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleut people and the islands are politically divided between the ...
, meaning 'simmering'.
The island is approximately long and the currently activeAstronomy Picture of the Day"22 June 2010"
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Mount Cleveland Mount Cleveland may refer to the following places:
Australia
* Mount Cleveland, on Cape Cleveland, Queensland
USA
* Mount Cleveland (Alaska), or Cleveland Volcano, on Chuginadak Island, Alaska
* Mount Cleveland, Skagway, Alaska, near Mount Carmack ...
stratovolcano forms the entire western half of the land mass and the eastern half of the island is the heavily eroded and less famous stratovolcano Tana Tana may refer to:
Places
Africa
* Lake Tana, a lake in Ethiopia (and a source of the Nile River)
* Tana Qirqos, an island in the eastern part of Lake Tana in Ethiopia, near the mouth of the Gumara River
* Tana River County, a county of Coast P ...
. These halves of landmasses are connected with a small strip of land. Alaska Volcano Observatory - Tana/ref> The only major geographical place is Applegate Cove (2.5 miles across) (Chuguuĝix̂) on the Northern coast. The cove was named for Samuel Applegate, USC&GS, who commanded the schooner ''Nellie Juan'' during a survey of this area in the 1880s.
References
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