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Amak Island, AK

Latitude: 55.4097 (55°24′35″N)
Longitude: -163.149 (163°8′56″W)

Description

Stratovolcano. "Aleut name published as "O[strov] Amak" or "Amak Island," by Capt. Tebenkov (1852, map 24), IRN. According to R. H. Geoghegan, this native name comes from the word "amaq" which means '%blood". Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Orth, 1971.