Unimak Pass

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  Fiona Rae (guest)

  Unimak Island is an island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the easternmost island in the Aleutians and, with an area of 4,069.9 km² (1,571.41 mi²), the largest. It is home to Mount Shishaldin, one of the ten most active volcanoes in the world. According to the United States Census Bureau, there were 64 people living on Unimak as of the 2000 census, all of them in the city of False Pass at the eastern end of the island. An interesting physical feature is Fisher Caldera, a volcanic crater in the west-central part of Unimak. Some characteristics include many volcanic cones and undrained lakes. It is named for Bernard Fisher, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist who was killed in Umnak Pass. As a faunal extension of the Alaska Peninsula, Unimak has a relatively diverse assemblage of terrestrial mammals, including brown bears and caribou. West of Unimak, the largest native mammal in the Aleutians is the red fox.

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  FionaRae

  Image II: Seabird Picture of the Month, December 2005: Short-tailed Shearwater mega-flock in Unimak Pass, Alaska photo by Kevin Bell http://www.absc.usgs.gov/research/seabird_foragefish/photogallery/Picture_of_Month/Dec05-STSH/Dec05-STSH.html

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