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Nunivak Island
Nunivak Island
(
Nunivaaq
in
Central Alaskan Yup'ik
,
Nuniwar
in
Nunivak Cup'ig
), the second largest island in the
Bering Sea
, is a
permafrost
-covered
volcanic
island
lying about 30 miles (48 km) offshore from the delta of the
Yukon
and
Kuskokwim
rivers in the state of
Alaska
, at about 60° North latitude. Nunivak Island is 1,631.97 sq mi (4,226.78 km², or 1.044 million acres) in area, long and wide, making it the
eighth largest island in the United States
. It has a population of 210 persons as of the
2000 census
. The island's entire population lived in the north coast city of
Mekoryuk
.
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