The Fox Islands are a group of islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. The Fox Islands are the closest to mainland North America in the Aleutian chain, and just east of the Andreanof Islands. Looking down the Aleutians from an airplane. ... A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Andreanof Islands are a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska between the Rat Islands group, to the west and the Fox Islands group, to the east, at about 52° North and 172°57 to 179°09 West. ...

Inhabited by the Aleut for centuries, the islands, along with the rest of the Aleutians, were first visited by Europeans in 1741, when a Danish navigator employed by the Russian navy, Vitus Bering, who was searching for new sources of fur for Russian fur trappers to exploit. Adapted from Wikipedias AK borough maps by Seth Ilys. ... The Aleuts (self-denomination: Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, U.S.A. and Chukotka, Russia. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius... A navigator is the person onboard a ship responsible for the navigation of the vessel. ... Vitus Bering Vitus Jonassen Bering (also, less correctly, Behring) (August 1681–December 19, 1741) was a Danish-born navigator in the service of the Russian Navy, a captain-komandor known among the Russian sailors as Ivan Ivanovich. ... A dogs fur usually consists of longer, stiffer, guard hairs—which can be straight, wiry, or wavy, and of various lengths, hiding a soft, short-haired undercoat. ...

Foggy almost all year round, the islands are difficult to navigate due to constantly adverse weather and numerous reefs. Sunlight filters through a thin layer of fog on a crisp winter morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... A reef surrounding an islet. ...

The larger Fox Islands, are, from west to east, Amuchta, Unaska, Uluga, Umnak, Amaknak, Unalaska, Akutan, Akun, Unimak and Sannak. Umnak is the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands, and also the largest in size, 65 x 22 miles. ... Amaknak Island or Umaknak Island is an islet in Unalaska Bay, northeast of Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. ... Unalaska is an island in the Fox Islands group in the middle of the Aleutian Islands southwest of Alaska, at . ... Akutan Island (54°07′41″N, 165°55′05″W) is an island of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, USA. The island is approximately 30 km (18 mi) in length and contains the Mount Akutan volcano. ... Unimak Island is the largest island in Alaskas Aleutian Islands chain. ... Sannak Island is an island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, at 54°22 North 163°22° West. ...

Fox Islands is the English translation of the name given to the islands in the 18th century by Russian explorers and fur traders.