Unalaska, Alaska
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Unalaska, Alaska

Administration
Full nameUnalaska
Official nameUnalaska
Settlement typeCity
CountryUnited States
StateAlaska
Census AreaAleutians West
Geography
Total Area212.3 sq mi (549.9 km2)
Land Area111.0 sq mi (287.5 km2)
Water Area101.3 sq mi (262.4 km2)
Elevation13 ft (4 m)
Demography
Total Population3836 (2007)
Density (pop.)14.9/km2 (38.6/sq mi)
Other information
Time zoneAlaska (AKST) (UTC-9)
- Summer (DST)AKDT (UTC-8)
Area code907
FIPS code02-80770
GNIS feature ID[  1419424]

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Unalaska (Aleut: Iluulux̂) is a city in the Aleutians West Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off of mainland Alaska.

According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,347. Almost all of the community's port facilities are on Amaknak Island, better known as Dutch Harbor or just "Dutch". It is the largest fisheries port in the US by volume caught. It includes Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base and Fort Mears, U.S. Army, a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

Dutch Harbor lies within the city limits of Unalaska and is connected to Unalaska by a bridge. Amaknak Island is home to almost 59 percent of the city's population, although it has less than 3 percent of its land area.

The Aleut or Unangan have lived on Unalaska Island for thousands of years. The Russian fur trade reached Unalaska when Stepan Glotov and his crew arrived on August 1, 1759. The Unangan people, who were the first to inhabit the island of Unalaska, named it “Ounalashka” meaning ‘Near the Peninsula’. The name Unalaska is probably an English variation of this name. The regional native corporation has adopted this moniker, and is known as the Ounalashka Corporation. Dutch Harbor was so named by the Russians because they believed that a Dutch vessel was the first European ship to enter the harbor.

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APOC complaint levied against Edgmon - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, AK (kucb) - Last week, the -Alaska- Public Offices Commission filed a complaint against Rep. Bryce Edgmon, of District 37. The APOC staff determined ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:46:33 GMT+00:00
Legislative Information Office opens in Unalaska - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL--The -Unalaska- LIO will be -Alaska's- 23rd office, and it will be the first one to open in over a decade. The location was selected because of its distance from ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:46:35 GMT+00:00
Fisherman dies aboard longlining vessel - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, AK (kucb) - Yesterday an Arizona man died at sea while working on a longlining vessel. Oratio Gomez, 33, was fishing for Pacific cod aboard the ... - Date : Wed, 19 Jan 2011 02:58:14 GMT+00:00
F&W considers plans to shoot wolves on Unimak, asks for public comments - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, AK (kucb) - The US Fish & Wildlife Service is looking for public comments on plans to help increase the caribou population on Unimak Island ... - Date : Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:35:48 GMT+00:00
Coast Guard releases new report on Alaska Ranger - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, AK (kucb) - The Coast Guard's new report on the 2008 sinking of the -Alaska- Ranger says that the ship went down because of flooding in the rudder ... - Date : Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:50:16 GMT+00:00
American Seafoods Community Advisory Board Now Accepting Applications for ... - Business Wire (press release) Tweet this news
Business Wire (press release)--Bristol Bay Regional Food Bank ($3000), Nelson Lagoon Department of Public Safety ($3000), -Unalaska- Senior Citizens ($2000) and Bristol Bay Native ... - Date : Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:01:40 GMT+00:00
Steller sea lion rule comment period extended - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, -AK- (kucb) - The National Marine Fisheries Service has extended the comment period on the interim final rule on Steller sea lion protection by 45 ... - Date : Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:53:41 GMT+00:00
Fishing co-op sues NMFS over Steller sea lion regulation - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, -AK- (kucb) - Tuesday the Alaska Seafood Cooperative and other seafood organizations filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service to ... - Date : Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:47:35 GMT+00:00
Around the Harbor - Dutch Harbor Fisherman Tweet this news
Dutch Harbor Fisherman---Alaska- Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) offers marine safety training courses Jan. 13-15 at -Unalaska- City School. First Aid/CPR, a one-day course ... - Date : Wed, 12 Jan 2011 01:50:24 GMT+00:00
Unalaska library to upgrade Internet capabilities - KIAL Tweet this news
KIAL---UNALASKA-, -AK- (kucb) - The Alaska State Library is moving ahead with a new plan to expand broadband access to rural communities, and Unalaska stands to ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:47:23 GMT+00:00

Municipalities and communities of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska

CitiesAdak * Atka * St. George * St. Paul * Unalaska
CDPsAttu Station * Nikolski

Russian America - Russian colonization of the Americas

PeopleAlexander Baranov * Leonty Gagemeyster * Ferdinand von Wrangel * Gerasim Izmailov * Dmitri Maksutov * Nikolai Rezanov * Adolf Etolin * Johan Hampus Furuhjelm * Grigory Shelikhov * Evstratii Delarov * Herman of Alaska * Semyon Yanovsky
SettlementsKodiak * Nikolaevsk * Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) * Unalaska * Redoubt Saint Dionysius (Fort Stikine) * Fort Ross (California) * Fort Elizabeth (Hawaii)
OtherRussian-American Company * Juno and Avos * Orthodox Church * St. Michael's Cathedral



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