Nagai ( Eng. Nagai Island ) - one of the largest islands of the Shumaginsky group , Alaska , USA .
Nagai | |
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English Nagai island | |
Characteristics | |
Area | 310 km² |
Population | 0 pax (2012) |
Location | |
Water area | Gulf of alaska |
A country |
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State | Alaska |
Geography
Located in the Gulf of Alaska , south of the Alaska Peninsula. The length of the island is 50 km.
History
It was here that on August 31, 1741, a sailor from the team of "St. Peter" ( Second Kamchatka Expedition ) Nikita Shumagin, whose name is named after the island, died of scurvy . First mapped in 1836 the Russian admiral Fedor Litke [1] .