Segula Island

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Segula Island

Segula Island: 9
Elevation 3,806 ft (1,160 m)
Location Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA
Prominence 3,806 ft (1,160 m)
Coordinates 52°0′55″N, 178°8′8″W
Topo map USGS Rat Islands
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Unknown

Segula Island (Chiĝulax̂[1] in Aleut) is an island in the Rat Islands archipelago of the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It consists of a Holocene stratovolcano.

Segula Island is three to four miles in diameter, and is located about 15 miles east of Kiska Island. The island supports a large auklet colony; one of only nine in the Aleutian Island chain.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bergsland, K Aleut Dictionary Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994
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