List of islands of Alaska

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This is a list of islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make Alaska the largest state in the United States. [A] [1]

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A

Akutan Island Akutan Island FWS.jpg
Akutan Island
Afognak Island coastline at Kazakof Bay Afognak coastline.jpg
Afognak Island coastline at Kazakof Bay
Amak Island, Steller sea lion haul out Amak Island, Steller's Sea Lion haul out.jpg
Amak Island, Steller sea lion haul out

B

Bendel Island coastline Bendel Island coastline.jpg
Bendel Island coastline
Big Koniuji Island Big Koniuji Island.jpg
Big Koniuji Island
Bogoslof Island Bogoslof Island.jpg
Bogoslof Island

C

Chagulak Island, seen from Amukta Island Chagulak Island.jpg
Chagulak Island, seen from Amukta Island
Chiswell Islands Chiswell Island Group, Gulf of Alaska, 1989.jpg
Chiswell Islands
Mount Cleveland on Chuginadak Island MountCleveland.jpg
Mount Cleveland on Chuginadak Island

D

Douglas Harbor, Douglas Island Douglas 6 March 2011 006.jpg
Douglas Harbor, Douglas Island
A village on Little Diomede Island Little Diomede Island village.jpeg
A village on Little Diomede Island

E

Lighthouse on Eldred Rock EldredRock.jpg
Lighthouse on Eldred Rock

F

Dall Island from space, with Forrester Island in the foreground left Dall Island and Cordova Bay from space.JPG
Dall Island from space, with Forrester Island in the foreground left
Fairway Rock FairwayRock-Mil.jpg
Fairway Rock

G

South flank of volcano, Gareloi Island GareloiSouthFlank.jpg
South flank of volcano, Gareloi Island
Great Sitkin Island from the shore of Adak Island Great Sitkin Island.jpg
Great Sitkin Island from the shore of Adak Island

H

Haenke Island Haenke Island, Disenchantment Bay, Alaska.jpg
Haenke Island
Hall Island Hall Island, Bering Sea.jpg
Hall Island

I

Islands of Four Mountains Islands of Four Mountains.jpg
Islands of Four Mountains

J

K

Kaniuji Island KoniujiIsland.jpg
Kaniuji Island
Kiska Island volcano Kiska Island volcano.jpg
Kiska Island volcano
King Island King Island AK Jul 2006.jpg
King Island

L

Little Sitkin Island from space Aleuten-Little-Sitkin.jpg
Little Sitkin Island from space
Southern tip of Lincoln Island Lincoln Island 4295.png
Southern tip of Lincoln Island

M

Petersburg, Alaska on Mitkof Island Petersburg Alaska 1.jpg
Petersburg, Alaska on Mitkof Island
Montague Island coastline Line5069 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
Montague Island coastline
A raft of Steller sea lions off Middleton Island Steller sea lions on middleton island 1978.jpg
A raft of Steller sea lions off Middleton Island

N

New Eddystone Rock New Eddystone Rock.jpg
New Eddystone Rock

O

P

Pennock Island Ketchikan AK - shoreline buildings.jpg
Pennock Island
Skulls washed up on the Punuk Islands Punuk.Alaska.skulls.jpg
Skulls washed up on the Punuk Islands

Q

R

Mountain roses (Rosa woodsii) on Raspberry Island Mountain roses on Raspberry Island-vertical.JPG
Mountain roses ( Rosa woodsii ) on Raspberry Island

S

Castle Rock, Shumagin Islands Castle Rock at Shumagin Islands.jpg
Castle Rock, Shumagin Islands
Shipwreck, St. George Island, 1996 All American ship wreck St George Island 1996.jpg
Shipwreck, St. George Island, 1996
Purple oxytrope (Oxytropis nigrescens) on St. Matthew Island St. Matthew Island, Purple Oxytrope.jpg
Purple oxytrope ( Oxytropis nigrescens ) on St. Matthew Island
St. Paul Island St Paul Island, Alaska 05s Ak331.JPG
St. Paul Island

T

Tanaga Island volcanoes Tanaga2003.jpg
Tanaga Island volcanoes

U

Cape Promontory, Unimak Island Cape Promontory Cape Lutkes, Alaska. Cape Lutkes is part of the Aleutian Islands.JPG
Cape Promontory, Unimak Island

V

W

Mt. Dewey on Wrangell Island Wrangell Mt Dewey.JPG
Mt. Dewey on Wrangell Island

Y

Yunaska Island Yunaska - cropped.JPG
Yunaska Island

Z

See also

Notes

^  A: Notes:

USGS GNIS named islands by Borough or Census Area: [2]

#
Streams
and
GNIS
query
Link
Borough
or
Census Area
205 Aleutians East
266 Aleutians West
1 Anchorage
28 Bethel
1 Bristol Bay
0 Denali
13 Dillingham
13 Fairbanks North Star
25 Haines
170 Hoonah-Angoon
32 Juneau
97 Kenai Peninsula
47 Ketchikan Gateway
186 Kodiak Island
34 Kusilvak
66 Lake and Peninsula
14 Matanuska-Susitna
24 Nome
75 North Slope
7 Northwest Arctic
507 P. of Wales-O. Ketchikan
318 Sitka
0 Skagway
3 Southeast Fairbanks
149 Valdez-Cordova
206 Wrangell-Petersburg
19 Yakutat
164 Yukon-Koyukuk
2670TOTAL

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References

  1. "Alaska Office of Economic Development". Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development. Archived from the original on 2006-09-24. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
  2. "USGS GNIS named-islands in Alaska".

General references