Islands of Four MountainsIslands of the Four Mountains, from ISS
The name is translated from Russian Четырехсопочные Острова (Ostrova Chetyre Soposhnye) meaning "Islands of Four Volcanoes" (Sarichev, 1826, map 3). The early Russian explorers named the islands by this term because of four prominent volcanoes, each located on a separate island. The Aleut name Unigun (Uniiĝun[4] in the modern Aleut orthography) was reported in 1940 by Father Veniaminov. There appears to be confusion regarding the names of these islands, possibly because only four of the five are on most early maps and charts. The present names were gathered in 1894 by a field party from USS Concord and published in 1895 by the U.S. Navy Hydrography Office (Chart 8).[5] This is the first island in the Aleutian time zone, 1 hour behind Alaska with daylight saving time as of 2010[update].
References
^T.P. Miller, R.G. McGimsey, D.H. Richter, J.R. Riehle, C.J. Nye, M.E. Yount, and J.A. Dumoulin,1998. Catalog of the Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska. USGS, pp.63-72.
^Islands of Four Mountains: Blocks 1080 thru 1082, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau[dead link]
^Astronomy Picture of the Day: "22 June 2010 Islands of Four Mountains from Above" antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov, accessed 26 March 2023
^Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
islands, four, mountains, russian, Четырёхсопочные, острова, 87583, 79500, 87583, 79500, island, grouping, aleutian, islands, alaska, united, states, chain, includes, from, west, east, amukta, chagulak, yunaska, herbert, carlisle, chuginadak, uliaga, kagamil, . Islands of Four Mountains Russian Chetyryohsopochnye ostrova 52 52 33 N 169 47 42 W 52 87583 N 169 79500 W 52 87583 169 79500 is an island grouping of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska United States The chain includes from west to east Amukta Chagulak Yunaska Herbert Carlisle Chuginadak Uliaga and Kagamil islands 1 This island chain is located between Amukta Pass and the Andreanof Islands to the west and Samalga Pass and the Fox Islands to the east These islands have a total land area of 210 656 sq mi 545 596 km2 and have no permanent population 2 The two largest islands are Yunaska and Chuginadak Chuginadak is mainly made up of the active volcano Mount Cleveland 3 Islands of Four MountainsIslands of the Four Mountains from ISSThe name is translated from Russian Chetyrehsopochnye Ostrova Ostrova Chetyre Soposhnye meaning Islands of Four Volcanoes Sarichev 1826 map 3 The early Russian explorers named the islands by this term because of four prominent volcanoes each located on a separate island The Aleut name Unigun Uniiĝun 4 in the modern Aleut orthography was reported in 1940 by Father Veniaminov There appears to be confusion regarding the names of these islands possibly because only four of the five are on most early maps and charts The present names were gathered in 1894 by a field party from USS Concord and published in 1895 by the U S Navy Hydrography Office Chart 8 5 This is the first island in the Aleutian time zone 1 hour behind Alaska with daylight saving time as of 2010 update References Edit T P Miller R G McGimsey D H Richter J R Riehle C J Nye M E Yount and J A Dumoulin 1998 Catalog of the Historically Active Volcanoes of Alaska USGS pp 63 72 Islands of Four Mountains Blocks 1080 thru 1082 Census Tract 1 Aleutians West Census Area Alaska United States Census Bureau dead link Astronomy Picture of the Day 22 June 2010 Islands of Four Mountains from Above antwrp gsfc nasa gov accessed 26 March 2023 Bergsland K 1994 Aleut Dictionary Fairbanks Alaska Native Language Center Islands of Four Mountains Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved 7 June 2006 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Islands of Four Mountains This article about a location in the Aleutians West Census Area Alaska is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Islands of Four Mountains amp oldid 1146693428, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
