Uliaga Island
Location in Alaska
Uliaga Island (also spelled Uliagan, Ouliaga, and Ouilliaghui;Holocene Epoch.[3]
History
According to writings by
Umnak Island, at the request of the natives of the latter island.[4]: 339 Today, the island is uninhabited, though tourists to the Islands of Four Mountains group occasionally visit it by boat.[5]
F/V Tae Woong shipwreck
On May 6, 1987, the Tae Woong #603, a 210-foot (64 m), 1,500-
high explosives.[11] They concluded that the other option of transferring the remaining fuel on the ship to another vessel would be impossible due to the hazardous navigational conditions around the island and the time that would be required to implement the plan.[11] The ship was detonated on May 13 and the slick and remaining fuel were successfully eliminated.[12] The wreck was determined to be the result of navigational error.[11]
References
- ^ Bulletin - United States Geological Survey. United States Geological Survey. 1906. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ISBN 9780806135984. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ a b "Uliaga - summary". Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-60354-002-5.
- ^ Bowermaster, Jon. "Behind "Storming the Islands of Fire and Ice"". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 29, 2000. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "Shipwrecks on Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge". amnwr.com. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ NOAA. 1987-05-06. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- NOAA. 1987-05-06. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ NOAA. 1987-05-08. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- NOAA. 1987-05-11. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- ^ NOAA. 1987-05-11. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
- NOAA. 1987-05-20. Retrieved 2008-09-24.