Rootok Island

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Rootok Island (also called "Aektok", "Aiaktak", "Ouektock", "Aiaiepta", "Veniaminof", or "Goloi" (alt: "Goly"; [cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dUQMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA534&lpg=PA534&dq=Rootok+island&source=web&ots=aE9sCNqUT3&sig=0htc2ePAxABgGQriVYe34o12tv8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result|title=Bulletin - United States Geological Survey|date=1906|accessdate=2008-09-01] _ru. родилаndash "bare") is the smallest member of the Krenitzin Islands, a subgroup of the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The island's common spelling of "Rooktok" appears to have arisen from "Aektok".cite book|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=JKoPAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA534&lpg=PA534&dq=Rootok+island&source=web&ots=mTMvR5hII-&sig=8MC4fxE8nfzx_tAsVZwA6FgdCqg&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result|title=Geographic Dictionary of Alaska|author=Baker, Marcus|date=1906|publisher=Government Printing Office|accessdate=2008-09-01] Deviations in compass readings of up to 3 degrees from normal have been observed off the island's north-western side. [cite web|url=http://ocsdata.ncd.noaa.gov/BookletChart/16531_BookletChart_HomeEd.pdf|title=Booklet Chart - Krenitzin Islands|publisher=NOAA|accessdate=2008-09-01 page 2] The island was set aside to house a lighthouse on January 4, 1901; though no navigation aids were ever constructed. The island is uninhabited.

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