Nunivak Island
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/30039
- Note
- "Nunivak Island (Central Alaskan Yup´ik: Nunivaaq; Nunivak Cup´ig: Nuniwar; Russian: Нунивак) is a permafrost-covered volcanic island lying about 30 miles (48 km) offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in the US state of Alaska, at a latitude of about 60° N. The island is 1,631.97 square miles (4,226.8 km2) in area, making it the second-largest island in the Bering Sea and eighth-largest island in the United States. It is 76.2 kilometers (47.3 mi) long and 106 kilometers (66 mi) wide. It has a population of 191 persons as of the 2010 census, down from 210 in 2000. The island´s entire population lived in the north coast city of Mekoryuk." - (en.wikipedia.org 23.09.2020)
- Latitude
- 60.095001220703
- Longitude
- -166.21110534668
- Elevation
- 198
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