Ancient Civilizations7,000-Year-Old Alutiiq Villages Discovered On Shuyak Island, Alaska Posted on July 25, 2025 by Administrator Alaska’s Shuyak Island, the seventh-largest of the Kodiak islands, spans sixty-nine square miles at the northern tip of the archipelago. It measures twelve miles in length and eleven miles in width, featuring dense spruce forests and numerous small lakes. Unlike its neighboring regions, Shuyak is relatively flat, with an elevation reaching only 660 feet above sea level.
