Sagchudak Island

Last updated February 20, 2019

Sagchudak Island (also spelled Sagtchudakh) is a small island in the Andreanof Islands group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. The roughly rectangular island is approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long and 0.6 mi (1 km) wide and lies about 0.93 mi (1.50 km) off the southern coast of Atka Island. The island's current name is nearly identical to the native Aleut name for the island and it entered navigational charts by the early 1850s.^[1]^[2] In the 1900s and 1910s, the island was one of many Aleutian islands stocked with foxes by the United States government for hunting and fur trading purposes.^[3] Although the foxes on uninhabited Sagchudak were not directly hunted, some were occasionally trapped and moved to and from the island to help ensure genetic stability in the various separated colonies.^[4]

Andreanof Islands group of islands in the Aleutian Islands

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References

↑ Bulletin - United States Geological Survey. United States Geological Survey. 1906. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
↑ Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4 . Retrieved 2008-09-23.
↑ "New findings about Pan'kovs from Alaska". narod.ru. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
↑ Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended 1918. United States Bureau of Fisheries. 1920. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

Coordinates: 52°01′17″N174°29′26″W / 52.02139°N 174.49056°W / 52.02139; -174.49056

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[1] Bulletin - United States Geological Survey. United States Geological Survey. 1906. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

[2] Bright, William (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4 . Retrieved 2008-09-23.

[3] "New findings about Pan'kovs from Alaska". narod.ru. Retrieved 2008-09-23.

[4] Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended 1918. United States Bureau of Fisheries. 1920. Retrieved 2008-09-23.