The Sanak Islands (russian: Санак) are a subgroup of the
Fox Islands group of
island
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s, located in the
Aleutians East Borough
Aleutians East Borough () is a 2nd class List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska, borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census the borough's population was 3,420. The borough seat is Sand Point, Alas ...
of
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., ...
.
Geography
Located in the
Gulf of Alaska
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, they are in the
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 ...
archipelago
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Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
. The Sanak Islands have a total land area of 157.617 km
2 (60.856 sq mi) and are unpopulated.
Caton Island and
Sanak Island
Sanak Island ( ale, Sanaĝax) is an island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located at .
Sanak Island and Caton Island are the largest islands in the Sanak Islands subgroup of the Fox Islands.
T ...
are the largest islands in the group. Others include small
islet
An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanent ...
s which are clustered around Sanak Island.
The islands are covered in native grasses, such as
Lyme grass (''Leymus arenarius'').
See also
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References
Sanak Islands: Block 1074, Census Tract 1, Aleutians East Borough, AlaskaUnited States Census Bureau
Fox Islands (Alaska)
Islands of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Uninhabited islands of Alaska
Islands of Alaska
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