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Maars of Alaska: Nunivak Island, Ukinrek Maars, Devil Mountain Lakes, St. Michael Volcanic Field

Maars of Alaska: Nunivak Island, Ukinrek Maars, Devil Mountain Lakes, St. Michael Volcanic Field


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Chapters: Nunivak Island, Ukinrek Maars, Devil Mountain Lakes, St. Michael Volcanic Field. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nunivak Island - Nunivak children, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1930Nunivak has only one permanent settlement, Mekoryuk, on the north shore, with about 200 residents. In the 1880 United States Census, Ivan Petrof recorded 702 residents in nine villages on the island. An epidemic in 1900 decimated the population of the island. Emigration keeps the population small. Of the noted persons who have visited Nunivak are: photographer Edward S. Curtis, Anne Makepeace, anthropologist Margaret Lantis, and the artist Muriel Hannah. Nearly all the permanent residents of Nunivak are Cup'it Eskimo, whose traditional language is a dialect of Central Alaskan Yup'ik known as Cup'ig. Cup'ig is a first language for many older islanders, and is enjoying a dedicated revival among younger islanders as well, although nearly all Nuniwarmiut (Nunivak people) speak English. The people of Nunivak Island still depend to a large degree on subsistence hunting, and also commercial fishing and industrial work on the mainland. Nunivak - detail from USCGS Bering Sea chart (2000) Bering Sea cliffs, Nunivak Sand dunes and vegetation, Nunivak Island Reindeer roundup, June 1964 Nash Harbor, Nunivak; 1927 showing bay, houses, and the mouth of the Ellikarrmiut River.Nunivak Island is volcanic in origin; most of the island is dominated by volcanic plateau 500 ft (160 m) or more above sea level. The island is dotted with about 60 cinder cones and four maars. Much of its surface consists of widespread, thin flows of pahoehoe lava from small shield volcanoes, which spread over sedimentary rock of the Cretaceous period. Volcanic eruptions took place during 5 perio...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=912346


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158630547
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158630549
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Nunivak Island, Ukinrek Maars, Devil Mountain Lakes, St. Michael Volcanic Field
  • Width: 229 mm


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