Unimak Island

[ yoo-nuh-mak ]

noun

1. an island in SW Alaska, in the E part of the Aleutian Islands: largest and easternmost of the Aleutian Islands. About 70 miles (110 km) long and 20 miles (32 km) wide.

Unimak Island

/ ˈjuːnɪˌmæk /

noun

1. an island in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands. Length: 113 km (70 miles)

Example Sentences

Fishermen hundreds of miles from home wondered about this fish camp tucked between two reefs in a narrow pass between Alaska’s mainland and Unimak Island, surprised that a home could be found in a place so remote, with weather so wild.

From Seattle Times

Large floating ice chunks clogged the ocean passage between the tip of the mainland where we lived and Unimak Island, where the village of False Pass and the school were.

From Seattle Times

Shishaldin is near the center of Unimak Island, the largest island in the Aleutian chain.

From Seattle Times

Nearly 160 people were killed in Hawaii after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded near Unimak Island or Aleutian Trench in Alaska on April 1, 1946, according to the University of South California's Tsunami Research Group.

From Fox News

For example, the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, where the state in 2010 sought to kill wolves from helicopters to protect caribou on Unimak Island, was created by Congress with the mission of conserving animal populations and habitats “in their natural biodiversity.”

From Washington Times