Everything about Unalaska totally explained
Unalaska (
Nawan-Alaxsxa in
Aleut) is an
island in the
Fox Islands group of the
Aleutian Islands in the
U.S. state of
Alaska, at . The island has a land area of 2,720.918
km² (1,050.552
mi²), making it the
14th largest island in the United States and the
174th largest island in the world. The city of
Unalaska, Alaska covers part of the island and all of neighboring
Amaknak Island where the Port of Dutch Harbor is located. The population of the island excluding Amaknak (as of the
2000 census) was 1,759.
It is the second-largest island in the Fox Islands group and the Aleutian Islands.
The coastline of Unalaska is markedly different in appearance than other major Aleutian Islands, with innumerable inlets and
peninsulas. However, its terrain is similar to most of the chain, rugged and covered with mountains.
The name
Unalaska is
Aleut. Several theories about its origin exist; most likely is that the name comes from a corruption of the
Russian word
Ounalashka from the Aleut word for near the mainland,
nawan Alaskax. Unalaska is also the Aleut name for the island.
The island was discovered by
Vitus Bering in 1741. A Russian settlement sprang up in 1759, but four years later it was destroyed by the
Aleuts, together with four merchant ships. The massacre claimed the lives of 162 Russian settlers. The survivors managed to hold their own until 1764, when they were rescued by the Russians. This event triggered bloody reprisals against the natives which cost the lives of about 5,000 Aleuts.
The 1788 expedition of
Esteban José Martínez and
Gonzalo López de Haro explored the coast of Alaska as far as Unalaska Island, marking the farthest west the Spanish ever explored in the region.
President Ronald Reagan, in a
May 31,
1988, speech in
Moscow, mentioned the meeting of Americans and
Russians on this island in the 19th century as an example of early U.S.-Russian friendship. On
December 8,
2004, the
Malaysian
cargo ship Selendang Ayu ran aground off Unalaska Island, causing a large
oil spill.
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