Ogliuga Island | |
Coordinates: | 51.6061°N 178.6564°W |
Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location on a map of Alaska |
Archipelago: | Delarof Islands |
Location: | Bering Sea |
Area Km2: | 5 |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | State |
Ogliuga Island (Aleut: Aglaga[1]) is an island in the Delarof Islands subgroup of the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska. The island is 5km (03miles) long and its highest point is 25m (82feet). It is located just 1km (01miles) west of Skagul Island and 17km (11miles) southeast of Gareloi Island.[2]
There is an abandoned US military airfield named Ogliuga Island Army Airfield on the island after World War II.
On Ogliuga, and on other islands of the Fox and Andreanof groups, the emperor goose is found in winter.[3]
. Knut Bergsland . 1994 . Aleut Dictionary . Alaska Native Language Center . Fairbanks .