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Umnak

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Umnak (m`năk), island, c.83 mi (134 km) long, off SW Alaska, one of the largest of the Aleutian Islands. A volcanic peak, Mt. Vsevidof, 7,236 ft (2,206 m) high, is there.


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Surveys in the broader region traversed 19,686 nautical miles and were focused in the Bering Sea within twenty miles of the shoreline between Unimak Pass and eastern Umnak Island (Fig.
Since Umnak is mountainous and has no trees, it was doubtful a runway could be constructed.
planes were launched from Cape Field at Fort Glenn, a secret airbase on neighboring Umnak Island.
 
 
 
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