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Nunivak Island
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Nunivak Island is located in Alaska
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island (Alaska)
Geography
LocationBering Sea
Coordinates60°05′42″N 166°12′40″W / 60.09500°N 166.21111°W / 60.09500; -166.21111
Area1,631.97 sq mi (4,226.8 km2)
Length77 km (47.8 mi)
Width106 km (65.9 mi)
Highest elevation1,675 ft (510.5 m)
Highest pointRoberts Mountain
Administration
United States
StateAlaska
Census AreaBethel Census Area
Largest settlementMekoryuk (pop. 191)
Demographics
Population191 (2010)
Pop. density0.05/km2 (0.13/sq mi)
Ethnic groupsCup'it Eskimo

Nunivak Island (Central Alaskan Yup'ik: Nunivaaq; Nunivak Cup'ig: Nuniwar; Russian: Нунивак, romanized: Nunivak) is a permafrost-covered volcanic island lying about 30 miles (48 km) offshore from the delta of the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers in the US state of Alaska, at a latitude of about 60°N. The island is 1,631.97 square miles (4,226.8 km2) in area, making it the second-largest island in the Bering Sea and eighth-largest island in the United States. It is 76.2 kilometers (47.3 mi) long and 106 kilometers (66 mi) wide. It has a population of 191 persons as of the 2010 census, down from 210 in 2000. The island's entire population lives in the north coast city of Mekoryuk.[1]

  1. ^ Block 1038 thru Block 1044, Block Group 1, Census Tract 1, Bethel Census Area United States Census Bureau

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