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Avatanak Island (Agutanax̂) Baby Islands; Bird Island (Kitnamax) Bogoslof Island (Aĝasaaĝux̂) - sanctuary for sea lions and nesting marine birds; Breadloaf Island (Taanĝiinax̂) Buck Island (Ukdax̂sxix) Caton Island (Qagan Unimgix̂) Chagulak Island (Chugssĝinax̂) Alaska with Aleutian island chain (at bottom), Unalaska Island is marked.
The Aleutian Islands (/ ə ˈ l uː ʃ ən / ⓘ ə-LOO-shən; [2] [3] Russian: Алеутские острова, romanized: Aleutskiye ostrova; Aleut: Unangam Tanangin, "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi aliat, or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, [4] Aleutic Islands, [5] or, before 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 ...
Islands of the Aleutian Islands archipelago chain in the North Pacific Ocean and southern Bering Sea. All are within the U.S. state of Alaska , except for the Commander Islands at the extreme western end within Russia .
Landforms of the Aleutian Islands (4 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Aleutian Islands" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Islands of the Aleutian Islands (10 C, 27 P) L. Landforms of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska (5 C, 6 P) Landforms of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska (2 C, 35 P) V.
The Aleutian Range is special because of its large number of active volcanoes, which are also part of the larger Aleutian Arc. The mainland part of the range is about 600 miles (1000 km) long. The Aleutian Islands are (geologically) a partially submerged western extension of the range that stretches for another 1,600 km (1000 mi). However the ...
Chinese Navy ships were spotted inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the Bering Sea by a cutter on a routine patrol late last week, the U.S.
The Aleutian Trench, formed by the subduction of the Pacific plate under the North American plate, sits south of the island arc. [2] A forearc basin reaching depths of 7 km occupies the space between the trench and the island arc and leads up to the Aleutian Ridge, the north side of which being the area where the most volcanic activity occurs. [2]