Pancake Rock

Location in Alaska

Pancake Rock is an island in the Fox Islands group in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska.^[1] It is approximately 2,000 feet (610 m) across and is located about 1.9 miles (3.1 km) off the west coast of Umnak Island. The island measuring 1.48 kilometres (0.92 mi) long and 2.06 kilometres (1.28 mi) wide.

The island is said to resemble a stack of pancakes, hence the name.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pancake Rock
↑ Hook, J. N. (10 June 2014). All Those Wonderful Names. Open Road Media. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-4976-1186-3.

Coordinates: 52°55′50″N 169°02′27″W / 52.93056°N 169.04083°W / 52.93056; -169.04083

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 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 Sledge St. Lawrence St. Matthew St. Michael St. Paul Stuart Tagalak Tanaga Tigalda Ugamak Ulak Uliaga Umak Umnak Unalaska Unalga Unimak Walrus Walrus (Pribilof) Wislow Yttygran Yunaska

Island groups Aleutian Andreanof Baby Commander Delarof Diomede Fox Four Mountains Krenitzin Kudobin Near Pribilof Punuk Rat Sanak Seal Walrus Walrus and Kritskoi

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