Description

Amak Island is located in Bering Sea, 20 mi. NW of village of Cold Bay; Bristol Bay Low. 3 miles wide,

History

Aleut name published as "O(strov) Amak" or "Amak Island", by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). the name "burial place" from amiknaq (place of impurity).

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