Ilak Island

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Location in Alaska

Ilak Island (Aleut: Iilax̂^[1]) is a small island in the eastern Delarof Islands, Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

Ilak island is only .99 miles (1.59 km) across. Its highest point is 190 feet (58 m).

Its name was recorded by Commodore Joseph Billings as "Illuk," and published by Lt. Sarichev (1826, map 3) of the Imperial Russian Navy, as "Illakh." The adopted form "Ilak" was published in the 1946 supplement to the 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot (U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1946, p. 120).^[2] Ilak Island figures prominently in Gore Vidal's novel, Williwaw, when an army transport ship takes refuge from a storm in its bay

References

↑ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
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Coordinates: 51°28′40″N 178°17′14″W / 51.47778°N 178.28722°W / 51.47778; -178.28722

v t e Islands in the Bering Sea

Adak Adugak Agattu Aiktak Akun Akutan Amak Amaknak Amatignak Amchitka Amlia Amukta Anangula Ananiuliak Arakamchechen Atka Attu Avatanak Aziak Bering Besboro Bobrof Bogoslof Buldir Carlisle Chagulak Chuginadak Chugul Derbin Egg Gareloi Great Sitkin Hagemeister Hall Herbert Igitkin Ilak Kagalaska Kagamil Kanaga Karaginsky Kasatochi Khvostof King Kiska Koniuji Kritskoi Little Sitkin Little Tanaga Medny Nelson Nunivak Oglodak Otter Pancake Rock Poa Rat Rootok Sagchudak Samalga Sanak Sea Lion Rock Sea Otter Rocks Sedanka Seguam Segula Semisopochnoi Shemya Sledge St. Lawrence St. Matthew St. Michael St. Paul Stuart Tagalak Tanaga Tigalda Ugamak Ulak Uliaga Umak Umnak Unalaska Unalga Unimak Walrus Walrus (Pribilof) Wislow Yttygran Yunaska

Island groups Aleutian Andreanof Baby Commander Delarof Diomede Fox Four Mountains Krenitzin Kudobin Near Islands Pribilof Punuk Islands Rat Islands Sanak Islands Seal Walrus Walrus and Kritskoi

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