Unimak Island

Unimak Iceland is the largest and easternmost island in the Aleutians. It is only through the narrowest at the site less than 700 meters Isanotski Strait separated from the mainland at Kabuch Point, which connects the Ikatan Bay in the south to the Bechevin Bay in the north. To the southeast of Unimak forms the Ikatan Peninsula, which is connected only by a less than 500 meters wide headland of the island. The outermost point of the peninsula called Cape Pankof.

Unimak has one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world, the Shishaldin ( 2857 m). In addition, you can still find the volcano Pogromni (2002 m ) in the west of the island. Much of the island is glaciated due to the numerous surveys. The glaciers reach down to the coast.

Fauna

The fauna Unimaks is largely similar to the mainland and is the boundary to the sparse fauna of the rest of the Aleutian Islands dar. live on the island, among others Reindeer ( caribou ) and brown bears, on the neighboring islands in the West Unimaks live only small animals such as the red fox.

Traffic

On Unimak, the two airports Akutan Seaplane Base and Cape Sarichef Airport.

The Unimak Pass in the southwest of the island is an important passage way for commercial shipping ports of the eastern Bering Sea. It separates from the Unimak Krenitzin and Fox Islands. False Pass on the east coast is served by the Alaska Marine Highway.