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List Of Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands are divided into six major island chains, and one additional island. From east to west, they are Fox Islands, Islands of the Four Mountains, Andreanof Islands, Rat Islands, Buldir Island, Near Islands and Commander Islands. The Commander Islands are under the jurisdiction of Russia, and the rest are under the jurisdiction of the United States. Listed below are all the islands with an area of at least 0.1 square miles. References {{reflist * Bergsland, K. ''Aleut Dictionary'', Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994 *Orth, Donald J. 1971. ''Dictionary of Alaskan place names''. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 567, 1083 pp. * Aleutian Aleutian Islands Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain ... Aleutian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones. Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the U.S. state of Alaska, with the archipelago encompassing the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, Aleutians West Census Area and the Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, Aleutians East Borough. The Commander Islands, located further to the west, belong to the Russian Federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Kamchatka Krai, of the Russian Far East. The islands form part of the Aleutian Arc of the Northern Pacific Ocean, and occupy a land area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km2) that extends westward roughly from the Alaska Peninsula, Alaskan Peninsula mainland, in the direction of the Kamchatka Peninsula; the archipelago acts as a border between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krenitzin Islands
The Krenitzin Islands (centered at ca. ) are a group of small islands located in the eastern portion of the Fox Islands (Alaska), Fox Islands group of the eastern Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Krenitizins are situated between Unalaska Island to the southwest and Unimak Island to the northeast. Named islands in the Krenitzins group include Aiktak Island, Aiktak, Avatanak Island, Avatanak, Derbin Island, Derbin, Kaligagan Island (Qisĝagan), Rootok Island, Rootok (Aayux̂tax̂), Round Island (Aleutian Islands), Round, Tigalda Island, Tigalda, and Ugamak Island, Ugamak. All of these islands are managed as part of the Aleutian Islands Unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The Krenitzins have a total land area of 61.596 sq.mi. (159.533 km2) and have no population. The Krenitzins were probably named by Mikhail Tebenkov, Captain Tebenkov in 1852 for Captain Lt. Peter Kuzmich Krenitzin (or Krenitsyn) who, with Lt. Mikhail Levashev, M. D. Levashev explored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islands Of Four Mountains
The Islands of Four Mountains () is an island grouping of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The chain includes, from west to east, Amukta Island, Amukta, Chagulak Island, Chagulak, Yunaska Island, Yunaska, Herbert Island, Herbert, Carlisle Island, Carlisle, Chuginadak Island, Chuginadak, Uliaga Island, Uliaga, and Kagamil Island, Kagamil islands. This island chain is located between Amukta Pass and the Andreanof Islands to the west, and Samalga Pass and the Fox Islands (Alaska), Fox Islands to the east. These islands have a total land area of 210.656 sq mi (545.596 km2) and have no permanent population. The two largest islands are Yunaska and Chuginadak. Chuginadak is mainly made up of the active volcano Cleveland Volcano (Alaska), Mount Cleveland. The name is translated from Russian Четырехсопочные Острова (Ostrova Chetyre Soposhnye) meaning "Islands of Four Volcanoes" (Sarichev, 1826, map 3). The early Russian explorers named the islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amukta Island
The undissected stratovolcano of Amukta volcano makes up most of nearly circular, 7.7-km-wide Amukta Island (Amuux̂tax̂ in Aleut). It is the westernmost of the Islands of Four Mountains chain. The nearest islands to it are Yunaska and Seguam Island; it is separated from Seguam Island by Amukta Pass. The cone, about 5.8 km in basal diameter and topped by a 0.4 km wide summit crater, appears on synthetic-aperture radar imagery to be built upon a 300+ meter high, east-west trending arcuate ridge. Extensions of that ridge on the southwest and east sides of the island indicate an older caldera approximately 6 km in diameter and open to the sea on the south side. No hot springs or fumaroles have been reported from Amukta. Sekora (1973, p. 29) reports the presence of a cinder cone near the northeastern shore of the island. Volcanic activity Well documented reports of historical Amukta volcanism are sparse; activity was noted from 1786 to 1791, and again in 1876 (Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amlia
Amlia (; ) is an island in the Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain .... It is located near the eastern end of the Andreanof Islands and is situated between Atka Island and Seguam Island. The island is long and wide, with a land area of 172.1 sq mi (445.7 km2), making it the 36th largest island in the United States. It has a rough terrain and reaches at its highest point. There is no permanent resident population. Amlia Island is the second-largest uninhabited island in the Aleutian Islands. Nearby islands include Agligadak, Sagigik and Tanadak. References Further readingAmlia Island: Block 1084, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, AlaskaUnited States Census Bureau * Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (AMNWR) Andrea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amchitka Island
Amchitka (; ;) is a volcanic, tectonically unstable and uninhabited island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. The island, with a land area of roughly , is about long and wide. The area has a maritime climate, with many storms, and mostly overcast skies. Amchitka was populated for more than 2,500 years by the Aleut people, but has had no permanent population since 1832. The island has been part of the United States since the Alaska Purchase of 1867. During World War II, it was used as an airfield by US forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. Amchitka was selected by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to be the site for underground detonations of nuclear weapons. Three such tests were carried out: ''Long Shot'', an blast in 1965; ''Milrow'', a blast in 1969; and ''Cannikin'' in 1971 – at , the largest underground test ever conducted by the United States. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delarof Islands
The Delarof Islands (; ) (ca. ) are a group of small islands at the extreme western end of the Andreanof Islands group in the central Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The Delarofs consist of 11 named islands (from West to East): Amatignak Island, Amatignak, Unalga Island (Delarof Islands), Unalga (Unalĝa), Tanadak Island, Tanadak (Tanaadax̂), Ulak Island, Ulak, Gareloi Island, Gareloi, Kavalga Island, Kavalga (Qavalĝa), Ogliuga Island, Ogliuga (Aglaga), Skagul Island, Skagul (Sxaĝulax̂), the Tag Islands, Tag (Tagachaluĝis), Ugidak Island, Ugidak (Qagan-tanax̂), and Ilak Island, Ilak. The northern- and southern-most named Delarof Islands are Gareloi Island and Amatignak Island respectively. The islands were named after the 18th century Greeks, Greek explorer and first ''de facto'' Governor of Alaska, Evstratii Delarov, Evstratios Ioannou Delarof (''Ευστράτιος Ιωάννου Ντελάρωφ''). These islands are separated from the remainder of the Andreanofs by Tanaga P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amatignak Island
Amatignak Island (; ) is a member of the Delarof Islands (western Andreanof Islands), in Alaska's Aleutian archipelago. The southernmost point of Alaska is on this island, as well as the westernmost longitude of Alaska, the United States, and North America. The island is about long north-to-south, and about wide east-to-west. It is uninhabited. The nearest island is Ulak Island about to the northeast. On the evening of September 27 1932 the cargo ship Nevada ran aground on the eastern tip of the island while en-route from Astoria to Yokohama. The Japanese steamer Oregon Maru responded to the distress call, followed by American ships President Madison, the Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ..., and the USCGC Haida. Of the 35 crew members and one pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaknak Island
Amaknak Island () or Umaknak Island (; ) is the most populated island in the Aleutian Islands, an archipelago which is part of the U.S. state of Alaska. Geography Amaknak is an islet of the Fox Islands archipelago, a portion of the Aleutian Islands, in the Aleutians West Census Area of southwestern Alaska. Amaknak Island is located within Unalaska Bay, an inlet of the Bering Sea on the northeast side of Unalaska Island. At their closest point—the channel that leads from Unalaska Bay to Iliuliuk Harbor—the two islands are only about apart. There is a 500-foot (152-meter) bridge joining the islands at another close point, where Iliuliuk Harbor connects with Captains Bay. Amaknak's land area is , which is dwarfed by its neighbor Unalaska Island, which has a land area of 1,051 sq. miles (2,722 km2). The highest point on Amaknak is Mount Ballyhoo. Population Despite its small size, Amaknak is the most populous of all the islands of the Aleutians chain, with 2,52 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amak Island
Amak Island (; ) is an uninhabited island in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. The island lies north of the western tip of the Alaska Peninsula, and northwest of the mainland city of Cold Bay. The island's land area is and its maximum elevation is . The island's volcano, Mount Amak, last erupted in 1796. The local population of the song sparrow was last seen on the island around New Year's Eve, 1980/1981, and has not been seen since; devegetation of the island played a part in its demise. These birds were formerly considered a separate subspecies In Taxonomy (biology), biological classification, subspecies (: subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (Morphology (biology), morpholog ..., ''Melospiza melodia amaka'', but are now considered to fall into the range of variation of the Aleutian song sparrow (''M. m. sanaka''). Unconfirmed reports from the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Semichi Islands
The Semichi Islands (Samiyan in Aleut; ) are a cluster of small islands in the Near Islands group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. They are located southeast of Attu Island and northeast of Agattu Island, near . Named islands in the group include Alaid Island, Hammerhead Island, Lotus Island, Nizki Island, and Shemya. The Semichi Islands are an important nesting area for red-faced cormorants and glaucous-winged gulls. They also provides important habitat for waterfowl: The Aleutian subspecies of cackling goose nests on the islands in significant numbers, and common eider and emperor goose The emperor goose (''Anser canagicus''), also known as the beach goose or the painted goose, is a waterfowl species in the family Anatidae, which contains the ducks, geese, and swans. In summer, the emperor goose is found in remote coastal areas ... winter in the area. Black oystercatchers are also found in significant numbers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaid Island (Alaska)
Alaid Island (Igingiinax̂ in Aleut, ) 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 Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is also considered to be the north .... References Semichi Islands Islands of Alaska Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska {{AleutiansWestAK-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
