Map of the western Aleutian Islands. Kiska is shown as Island #7; Attu Island is shown as Island #1.
Kiska (Aleut: Qisxa,[1] Russian: Кыска) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles (2.4 to 9.7 km). It is part of Aleutian Islands Wilderness and as such, special permission is required to visit it.[2] The island has no permanent population.
^Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
^Sommers, Carl (25 November 1990). "Q and A: Visiting the Aleutians". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
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