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Ugidak is located in Alaska
Ugidak
Ugidak
Location in Alaska
Geography
Location Bering Sea
Coordinates 51°34′57″N 178°30′28″E / 51.58250°N 178.50778°E / 51.58250; 178.50778
Archipelago Delarof Islands
Area 0.15 km2 (0.058 sq mi)
Administration
 United States
State  Alaska

Ugidak Island (Aleut: Qagan-tanax) is an island in the Delarof Islands subgroup of the Andreanof Islands in the Aleutian Islands chain of Alaska. It was named by Captain Mikhail Tebenkov of the Imperial Russian Navy in 1852 as Kamen 'Ugidakh (Камень in Russian means "stone").

The island is only 150 meters long and is located 5.5 km (3.4 mi) east of Skagul Island.

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