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Aleutian Islands

(Encyclopedia)Aleutian Islands əlo͞oˈshən [key], chain of rugged, volcanic islands curving c.1,200 mi (1,900 km) west from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula and approaching Russia's Komandorski Islands. A partial...

Aleutian Range

(Encyclopedia)Aleutian Range, volcanic mountain chain, c.1,600 mi (2,600 km) long, SW Alaska, extending W from Anchorage along the Alaska Peninsula, and continuing, partly submerged as the Aleutian Islands, to Attu...

Fox Islands

(Encyclopedia)Fox Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

Andreanof Islands

(Encyclopedia)Andreanof Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

Near Islands

(Encyclopedia)Near Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

Rat Islands

(Encyclopedia)Rat Islands: see Aleutian Islands. ...

Pribilof Islands

(Encyclopedia)Pribilof Islands prĭbˈĭlŏfˌ [key], group of four volcanic islands, off SW Alaska in the Bering Sea, c.230 mi (370 km) N of the Aleutian Islands; explored and named in 1786 by Gerasim Pribilof, a ...

Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Aleutian Islands World War II National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). ...

Unimak

(Encyclopedia)Unimak o͞oˈnĭmăk, yo͞oˈ– [key], volcanic island, 70 mi (113 km) long, off W Alaska. It is the largest of the Aleutian Islands, and nearest to the Alaska Peninsula. The highly symmetrical, cone...

Attu

(Encyclopedia)Attu, island: see Aleutian Islands. ...