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Fox Islands

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

Rat Islands

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Near Islands

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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...

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...

Kiska

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

Attu

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

Dutch Harbor

(Encyclopedia)Dutch Harbor: see Aleutian Islands; Unalaska. ...
 

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