Uliaga
Facts
- Official Name: Uliaga Island
- Seismically Monitored: No
- Color Code: UNASSIGNED
- Alert Level: UNASSIGNED
- Elevation: 888m (2913ft)
- Latitude: 53.065
- Longitude: -169.767
- Smithsonian VNum: 311250
- Pronunciation:
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Nearby Towns:
- Nikolski 38 mi (62 km) SE
- Unalaska 144 mi (232 km) NE
- Akutan 180 mi (289 km) NE
- Atka 195 mi (314 km) SW
- Saint George 244 mi (393 km) NE
Distance from Anchorage: 928 mi (1493 km)
Description
From Wood and Kienle (1990) [1] : "Uliaga is a triangular-shaped island composed of an eroded stratovolcano. No evidence of a caldera is seen, but little is known geologically about this volcano."Name Origin
"Uliaga Island' is an Unangam Tunuu name, reported by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in 1894 (Orth, 1971).