Unimak Island

American

[yoo-nuh-mak] / ˈyu nəˌmæk /

noun

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 British

/ ˈjuːnɪˌmæk /

noun

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

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Another eye-catching pattern appeared near Unimak Island, the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

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 • Jun. 28, 2020

He was the first man to reach the top of Shishaldin Volcano on Unimak Island, the first to make a winter ascent of towering Katmai.

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