Tigalda Island ( ale, Qigalĝan) is one of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large v ...

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. ...

. Tigalda is located about east of Akutan Island, is long and has an area of about . Tigalda is an

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 ...

name published by Captain Lutke (1836). It was called "Kagalga" by Captain Lt. Krenitzin and Lt. Levashev (1768). Tigalda Bay ( ale, Udaĝax̂) is situated on the north side of Tigalda. Father Veniaminov (1840) reported the existence of an

village, which he called "Tigaldinskoe" ( ale, Qagalĝa), of 91 people in 1833.

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Krenitzin Islands Uninhabited islands of Alaska Islands of Alaska Islands of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska {{AleutiansEastAK-geo-stub