Avatanak Island
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Avatanak Island (; ) is the second-largest (with a length of 10 mi) of the
Krenitzin Islands The Krenitzin Islands (centered at ca. ) are a group of small islands located in the eastern portion of the Fox Islands (Alaska), Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Krenitizins are situated between Unalaska Island to ...
, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern
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in the
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of
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. It lies southeast of Akun Island, across the Avatanak Strait. Within the Krenitzin Islands, it lies between
Rootok Island Rootok Island (also called ''Aektok'', ''Aiaktak'', ''Ouektock'', ''Aiaiepta'', ''Veniaminof'', or ''Goloi'' (alt: ''Goly''; "bare") is the smallest member of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands in ...
(Aayux̂tax̂) to the west, and
Tigalda Island Tigalda Island () is one of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Tigalda is located about east of Akutan Island, is long and has an area of about . Tigalda is an Aleut name published by ...
to the east. Avatanak is an
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name transcribed by Russian explorers into various spellings and apparently identical with Aiaialgutak of Captain Lt. Krenitzin and Lt. Levashev (1768). The name Avatanak was published by Father Veniaminov (1840) and Captain Tebenkov (1852), whereas Captain Lutke and the
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(1847) used the spelling Avatanok. Avatanak Strait separates Avatanak from Akun Island to the northwest, and Avatanak Bight is a bay on the southeastern coast of Avatanak.


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