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Shemya
Shemya or Simiya (Aleut: Samiyax̂) is a small island in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands chain in the Aleutian Islandsarchipelago southwest of Alaska, at 52°43′27″N174°07′08″E / 52.72417°N 174.11889°E. It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi (15.29 km), and is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) southwest of Anchorage, Alaska. It is 2.73 miles (4.39 km) wide and 4.32 miles (6.95 km) long.