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East Amatuli Island

East Amatuli Island

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  • Kodiak Island
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Elevation:
  • 997 ft (303.89 m)
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in Gulf of Alaska, easternmost of Barren Is., 70 mi. NE of Afognak, Chugach Mts. 2.5 miles long.


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History of East Amatuli Island

Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1908. This island is part of the group named "O(strova) Amatuli" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). The island is also one of the "Islas de Langara" (Barren Islands) named in 1779 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle for Juan de Langara.