Yunaska Island
Native name: Yunaska Island | |
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Interactive map of Yunaska Island | |
| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 52°37′44″N 170°42′00″W / 52.629°N 170.700°W |
| Administration | |
United States | |
| State | Alaska |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Location in Alaska
Yunaska (Aleut: Yunax̂sxa; Russian: Юнаска) is an uninhabited island which is the largest of the Islands of Four Mountains group in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska, United States. It has a land area of 66.834 square miles (173.099 square kilometres) according to the 2000 census.
The island comprises two volcanic mountains, with a valley between. The western mountain is composed of four overlapping and eroded stratovolcanoes, with a cinder cone field at the western end. It has not been historically active. The eastern mountain is a large shield volcano with two overlapping summit calderas, which last erupted in 1937.