Fire Island is 0.2 miles across.  It is located in the Bering Sea, 0.5 miles north of Bogoslof Island and 27 miles north of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands.  The island first emerged in 1883 and was called Old Bogoslof.  It was connected to Bogoslof Island by a spit from 1884 to 1890. (pg. 334) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967)  Caption on image: Islands of Volcanic Origin in Bering Sea.  Castle Rock, 1779; Perry Isl. 1906; Fire Isl. 1883.  F.H. Nowell by permission of [illeg] Ebert [illeg] Perry, 5138.
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Islands--Alaska--Cook Inlet; Rock formations--Alaska--Cook Inlet</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Perry Island (Alaska); Fire Island (Alaska); Castle Rock (Alaska); Cook Inlet (Alaska)</li></ul>
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