Khvostof Island

Khvostof Island or Atanak (Aleut: Atanax̂;[1] Russian: Остров Хвостова) is an island in the Rat Islands archipelago of the Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The island is 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long and 2.74 kilometres (1.70 mi) wide.

Khvostof Island (left) and Pyramid Island (right)
Location in Alaska
Map of the West-Aleuts - (10) Khvostof

References
  1. Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.


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