Pustoi Island

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Pustoi Island (53°23′43″N, 167°49′31″W) is an island in the Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is 0.3 miles across and is located in Umnak Pass 2 mi north of Ship Rock off the northeast coast of Umnak Island. The name is derived from the Russian "Ostrov Pustoy," meaning "desert island," a name given to it by the navigator Kuritzien and published by Captain Tebenkov in 1852.

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