Nunivak

[ noo-nuh-vak ]

noun

1. an island in the Bering Sea, off the W coast of Alaska. 1,700 sq. mi. (4,400 sq. km).

Example Sentences

Most musk oxen in Alaska are found in the coastal waters near Nunivak Island and Nelson Island.

From Seattle Times

Coast Guard searched Nunivak Island and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta coast for four days before calling off their search Oct.

From Washington Times

Coast Guard searched Nunivak Island and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta coast for four days before calling off their search Oct.

From Seattle Times

In the 1930s, efforts began to re-introduce the species to its former range: juveniles captured in Greenland were transported by ship, rail and boat by way of Norway to Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea.

From Nature

Coast Guard to designate new environmentally important “areas to be avoided” by ships traveling near Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island, Nunivak Island and King Island in the Bering Strait.

From Scientific American