The Semichi Islands are a cluster of small islands in the Near Islands

Near Islands

The Near Islands or Sasignan Islands are the smallest and westernmost group of the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska.-Geography:The largest of the Near Islands are Attu and Agattu...

 group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

. They are located southeast of Attu Island

Attu Island

Attu is the westernmost and largest island in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, making it the westernmost point of land relative to Alaska and the United States. It was the site of the only World War II land battle fought on the incorporated territory of the United States ,...

 and northeast of Agattu Island, near 52°44′06"N 173°59′28"E. Named islands in the group include Alaid Island

Alaid Island (Alaska)

Alaid Island is the westernmost of the Semichi Islands, a subgroup of the Near Islands group that lies at the extreme western end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.-References:...

, Hammerhead Island

Hammerhead Island

Hammerhead Island is an 800-foot-long island in the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located at in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands of the Aleutians. It has been described in the Aleutian Coast Pilot as "the most prominent" of two islands in Shemya Pass, which...

, Lotus Island

Lotus Island

Lotus Island is a 0.2-mile-long island in the Aleutian Islands chain of the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands, it is the least prominent of the two islands in Shemya Pass, which separates Nizki and Shemya islands...

, Nizki Island

Nizki Island

Nizki Island is an uninhabited island in the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located at , it is the middle island of the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands. Flanked by Shemya to the east and Alaid to the west, three-mile-long Nizki is periodically joined to Alaid by a sand spit...

, and Shemya

Shemya

Shemya or Simiya is a small island in the Near Islands group of the Semichi Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at . It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi , and is about 1,200 miles southwest of Anchorage, Alaska.The Russian vessel Saint Peter and Paul wrecked at...

.

The Semichi Islands are an important nesting area for Red-faced Cormorant

Red-faced Cormorant

The Red-faced Cormorant, Red-faced Shag or Violet Shag, Phalacrocorax urile, is a species of cormorant that is found in the far north of the Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, from the eastern tip of Hokkaidō in Japan, via the Kuril Islands, the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Aleutian...

s and Glaucous-winged Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

The Glaucous-winged Gull, Larus glaucescens, is a large, white-headed gull residing from the western coast of Alaska to the coast of Washington. It also breeds on the northwest coast of Alaska. During non-breeding seasons they can be found along the coast of California...

s. They also provides important habitat for waterfowl: The Aleutian subspecies of Cackling Goose

Cackling Goose

The Cackling Goose is a North American bird of the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species....

 nests on the islands in significant numbers, and Common Eider

Common Eider

The Common Eider, Somateria mollissima, is a large sea-duck that is distributed over the northern coasts of Europe, North America and eastern Siberia. It breeds in Arctic and some northern temperate regions, but winters somewhat farther south in temperate zones, when it can form large flocks on...

 and Emperor Goose

Emperor Goose

The Emperor Goose is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia...

 winter in the area. Black Oystercatchers are also found in significant numbers.