- Aziak Island
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Alaska
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caption=Location in AlaskaAziak Island (also called "Azki", "Azlak", "Azyak", "Azik", and "Azaik" [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dUQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA111&lpg=PA111&dq=Aziak+Island&source=web&ots=aE9uDKsTYZ&sig=qU1phqxMlIsSAjLM8v_Bs1jaeYw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result| title=Bulletin - United States Geological Survey| date=1906| publisher=United States Geological Survey| accessdate=2008-09-25] ) is a small island in the
Andreanof Islands group in theAleutian Islands of southwesternAlaska . The name "Aziak" is derived from the Aleut word "ha-azax" - "ten," [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5XfxzCm1qa4C&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=Aziak+Island&source=web&ots=ZRdwmZmnwk&sig=9o6EM23VVC1oHEJTG1ztO1Y0BRQ&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result| title=Native American Placenames of the United States| date=2004| first=William| last=Bright| publisher=University of Oklahoma Press| accessdate=2008-09-25] and in many books and charts published before 1920, it was often used to refer toSledge Island , located convert|1500|km|mi to the northeast off theSeward Peninsula , or to a native settlement on that island. [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=fxFDAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA302&dq=Aziak+Island&lr=&client=firefox-a| title=Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska| date=1898| publisher=US Government Printing Office| accessdate=2008-09-25] This practice apparently became rarer as the twentieth century progressed and today "Aziak" is used almost exclusively to refer the Andreanof-group island. Aziak Island is approximately convert|1.7|km|mi long and reaches a maximum elevation of convert|58|m|ft.cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:10664065779961171115::NO::P3_FID:1418180| title=Geonames - Feature Detail Report - Aziak Island| publisher=United States Geological Survey| accessdate=2008-09-25] Very little is known about the island and it is uninhabited.References
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