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Encyclopedia > Andreanof Islands

The Andreanof Islands are a group of islands in the Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ...Aleutian Islands in southwest State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ...Alaska between the The Rat Islands is a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska, between the Near Islands, to its west, and the Andreanof Islands group, to its east, at about 52° 6 North, 177° 36 West. ...Rat Islands group, to the west and the The Fox Islands are a group of islands, in the eastern Aleutian Islands off the southwest tip of Alaska. ...Fox Islands group, to the east, at about 52° North and 172°57' to 179°09' West. The islands extend about 440 KM, Km, or km may stand for: Khmer language (ISO 639 alpha-2, km) Kilometre/Kilometer (only km in minuscule is the correct representation of kilometer as an SI unit of length) Kinemantra Meditation Knowledge management, in the field of Library and information science Knowledge Machine, the KM knowledge representation...km (275 A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ...miles).

Adapted from Wikipedias AK borough maps by Seth Ilys. ... Location of Adak, Alaska

The largest islands in the group, from west to east, Gorelei, Amatigras, Tanaga, Kanaga, Adak Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. ...Adak, Tagalak, Great Sitkin, Atka Island is an island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, at 52°07 North 174°30 West. ...Atka, Amlia and Seguyam.


The islands are usually foggy and are treeless because of the almost constant wind. They were named for the Russian navigator, Andreian Tolstyk, who was the first to explore the islands in 1761.


There were several United States military bases on the islands during Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. ...World War II. The bases on Adak were enlarged and made permanent after the war but were closed in 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...1995.




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NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Andreanof Islands (561 words)
Alaska between the The Rat Islands is a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska, between the Near Islands, to its west, and the Andreanof Islands group, to its east, at about 52° 6 North, 177° 36 West.
The largest islands in the group, from west to east, Gorelei, Amatigras, Tanaga, Kanaga, Adak Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska.
The Andreanof Islands are a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
Pacific Ocean - Aleutian Islands (452 words)
The Aleutian Islands form a curving arc of volcanically active and earthquake prone islands stretching southwest for 1,900 km from the Alaska Peninsula towards the Siberian peninsula of Kamchatka.
Smaller island groups include: the Delarof Islands (located at the western end of the Andreanof Islands), the Krenitzin Islands (at the eastern end of the Fox Islands), the Islands of Four Mountains (at the western end of the Fox Islands) and the Semichi Islands (at the eastern end of the Near Islands).
The islands of the Aleutians are mountainous, being the emergent peaks of a submarine mountain range — part the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire.
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