Nelson Island (Alaska)
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Nelson Island or Qaluyaaq Island is an island in western Alaska, at . It is 68 km (42 miles) long and 32-56 km (20-35 miles) wide. It is separated from the Alaska mainland to its east by a narrow channel and from Nunivak Island to its southwest by the Etolin Strait.
The village of Tununak is located on the west side of Nelson Island, with the village of Nightmute located toward the east. A snowmobile trail connects the two villages in the winter.
The natives are Yup'ik eskimos who maintain a predominately traditional diet, fishing and hunting musk ox and caribou.
Nelson Island was named after Edward William Nelson, a Smithsonian Institution naturalist who studied the island and people there in 1878.
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