Aleutian Islands

Also known as Aleutians, Aleutian Archipelago

chain of islands in the Northern Pacific

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The Aleutian Islands are a chain of islands located in the Northern Pacific Ocean, stretching across a vast stretch of ocean. They matter because they form an important geographic boundary and have played a significant role in the history and geopolitics of the North Pacific region.

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Vinony's link graph records 2,368 inbound references to Aleutian Islands, and connects out to Alaska, Aleuts and Rangifer tarandus.

The entry is geolocated on the map in AK, across 2 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Aleutian Islands, Archipelagoes of Alaska and Archipelagoes of Russia.

Vinony links it to 86 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: volcanic arc
Country: United States
Located in: Alaska
Population: 8162
Area: 6821
Elevation: 2857
Time zone: UTC−10:00
Body of water: Pacific Ocean
Highest point: Mount Shishaldin
Image: Aleutian Islands amo 2014135 lrg.jpg
Length: 1200

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Commons category: Aleutian Islands
topic's main category: Category:Aleutian Islands
Commons gallery: Aleutian Islands
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve URL: www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/ecological-sciences/biosphere-reserves/europe-north-america/united-states-of-america/aleutian-islands
member of: Man and the Biosphere Programme
native label: Aleutian Islands
different from: Aleutian Arc

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Encyclopedic overview

The Aleutian Islands (/əˈluːʃən/ ə-LOO-shən; 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, Aleutic Islands, or, before the Alaska Purchase in 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones.

Most of the islands belong to the U.S. state of Alaska, with the archipelago encompassing the Aleutians West Census Area and the Aleutians East Borough. The Commander Islands, located further to the west, belong to the Russian federal subject of Kamchatka Krai, of the Russian Far East.

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