Nuka Island is an island in the northern

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, United States. It lies just off the southeastern corner of the

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, across the Nuka Pass from the mainland. The island has a land area of 62.271 km² (24.043 sq mi) and is unpopulated.

Demographics

Nuka Island reported a population as an unincorporated entity separately on the 1940 U.S. Census. This was the only time it reported as such.https://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/33973538v1ch11.pdf

References

Nuka Island: Block 1131, Census Tract 12, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
United States Census Bureau Islands of Alaska Islands of Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska Uninhabited islands of Alaska {{KenaiPeninsulaAK-geo-stub