Kavalga Island
51°33′19″N 178°48′7″E / 51.55528°N 178.80194°E / 51.55528; 178.80194Archipelago Delarof Islands Area 9 km2 (3.5 sq mi) Administration State Alaska
United States
Kavalga Island (Aleut: Qavalĝa[1]) is an island in the Delarof Islands subgroup of the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska. The island is 9 km (5.6 mi) long and its highest point is 40 m (130 ft). It is located between the islands of Unalga to the west and Ogliuga to the east.
Kavalga is populated by Marmotini[2] (ground squirrels) and sea birds.[3]
References
- ^ Bergsland, K. (1994). Aleut Dictionary. Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Tribe Marmotini". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Biological Projects - Invasive Species on the Refuge - Historic Background Archived 2011-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
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Islands in the Bering Sea
- Adak
- Adugak
- Agattu
- Aiktak
- Akun
- Akutan
- Amak
- Amaknak
- Amatignak
- Amchitka
- Amlia
- Amukta
- Anangula (Ananiuliak)
- Arakamchechen
- Atka
- Attu
- Avatanak
- Aziak
- Bering
- Besboro
- Bobrof
- Bogoslof
- Buldir
- Carlisle
- Chagulak
- Chuginadak
- Chugul
- Derbin
- Egg
- Gareloi
- Great Sitkin
- Hagemeister
- Hall
- Hawadax
- Herbert
- Igitkin
- Ilak
- Kagalaska
- Kagamil
- Kamen Ariy
- Kanaga
- Karaginsky
- Kasatochi
- Khvostof
- King
- Kiska
- Koniuji
- Kritskoi
- Little Sitkin
- Little Tanaga
- Medny
- Nelson
- Nunivak
- Oglodak
- Otter
- Pancake Rock
- Poa
- Rootok
- Sagchudak
- Samalga
- Sanak
- Sea Lion Rock
- Sea Otter Rocks
- Sedanka
- Seguam
- Segula
- Semisopochnoi
- Shemya
- Skagul
- Sledge
- St. Lawrence
- St. Matthew
- St. Michael
- St. Paul
- Stuart
- Tagalak
- Tanaga
- Tigalda
- Tufted Puffin Rock
- Ugamak
- Ugidak
- Ulak
- Uliaga
- Umak
- Umnak
- Unalaska
- Unalga (Delarof)
- Unalga (Fox)
- Unimak
- Walrus
- Walrus (Pribilof)
- Wislow
- Yttygran
- Yunaska
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