The Sanak Islands () are a subgroup of the Fox Islands group of

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

s, located in the Aleutians East Borough of

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Geography

Located in the

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, they are in the

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain ...

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. The Sanak Islands have a total land area of 157.617 km² (60.856 sq mi) and are unpopulated. Caton Island and

Sanak Island Sanak Island () 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. Travel to the ...

are the largest islands in the group. Others include small

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s which are clustered around Sanak Island. The islands are covered in native grasses, such as Lyme grass (''Leymus arenarius'').

References

Sanak Islands: Block 1074, Census Tract 1, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
United States Census Bureau Fox Islands (Alaska) Islands of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska Uninhabited islands of Alaska Islands of Alaska {{AleutiansEastAK-geo-stub

Geography

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