Kiska

Appendix:Variations of "kiska" English <dab!> Kiska Island Etymology en Pronunciation en /ˈkɪskə/ Proper noun en village co/Pärnu County c/Estonia. en village in rep/Altai Republic c/Russia. en island in the archipelago/Aleutian Islands s/Alaska c/United States. en 1905 J. J. Gilbert Some Notes on the Fox Island Passes, Alaska w:National Geographic Magazine https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograp161905nati/ XVI 0027-9358 643483454 427 https://archive.org/details/nationalgeograp161905nati/page/427/ 1 OUR knowledge of the geography of the Aleutian Islands was very inexact until, in 1901, the Coast and Geodetic Survey sent two vessels to survey the Fox Island passes and eastward to the Sanak Islands. Westward of these passes and Unalaska Bay no surveys have yet been made, if we except one small harbor at Kiska Island. en 27 September 2022 Mark Thiessen Patrol spots Chinese, Russian naval ships off Alaska island https://web.archive.org/web/20220927004426/https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-china-alaska-honolulu-coast-guard-54638cccc30d5a0f8879022f493a6302 27 September 2022 w:AP News A U.S. Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday.But it turned out the cruiser wasn’t alone as it sailed about 86 miles (138 kilometers) north of Alaska’s Kiska Island, on Sept. 19. en Russian. Further reading en 1952 Kiska Island Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 956 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/956/ 1