Information About

Aleutian Islands

Quick Facts

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Location

52 ° 5' 48.998" N,
173 ° 30' 2.002" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Atka

Parent

Aleutian Range

Elevation

469 ft (142.95 m)

Tributaries

Amtagis Islands, Andreanof Islands, Bolshoi Islands, Delarof Islands, Islands of Four Mountains, Gibson Islands, Near Islands, Rat Islands, Sanak Islands, Semichi Islands, Adugak Island, Argonne Island, Bogoslof Island, Breadloaf Island, Delphin Island, Derbin Island, Derickson Island, Dushkot Island, East Channel Island, Eddy Island, Elf Island, Expedition Island, Fenimore Rock, Gargoyle Islands, Gramp Rock, Hodikof Island, Hoppe Island, Ikiginak Island, Kigul Island, Kohl Island, Kupreanof Island, Ogangen Island, Ogchul Island, Oglodak Island, Peaked Island, Plum Island, Pustoi Island, Ringgold Island, Sadatanak Island, Sagchudak Island, Salt Island, Savage Island, Sea Parrot Island, Silak Island, Sobaka Rock, Staten Island, Tidgituk Island, Ugidak Island, Umnak Island, Uyak Island, Whip Island, Wislow Island,

Aleutian Islands in Detail.

About

Island chain separating the Bering Sea from the Pacific Ocean, extending in a arc from the Alaska Peninsula WSW approximately 1100 mi to and including Attu Island approximately 600 mi E of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Soviet Union.

History

Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), (1770-1846) first proposed that the name "Aleutian" (1827, v. 2, p. 78), used to designate the native people living on the islands, be applied to the whole archipelago; linguistic origin and meaning of the name is unknown. The chain includes five major groups; Andreanof Islands, Fox Islands, Islands of Four Mountains, Near Islands, and Rat Islands.