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The Aleutian Basin, the ocean floor north of the Aleutian arc, is the remainder of the Kula Plate that was trapped when volcanism and subduction jumped south to its current location at c. 56 Ma. [8] The Aleutian island arc formed in the Early Eocene (55–50 Ma ) when the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the North American Plate began.
Map of the western Aleutian Islands, showing the Near Islands on the left: Attu Island (1), Agattu Island (2), Alaid Island (3), Nizki Island (4), and Shemya Island (5). The Near Islands or Sasignan Islands (Aleut: Sasignan tanangin, [1] Russian: Ближние острова) are a group of American islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between the Russian Commander Islands ...
Dutch Harbor is located within the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, more precisely on Amaknak Island in the Fox Islands. A mile-long spit extending from the northeast end of Amaknak Island makes Dutch Harbor a natural port, protecting ships from the waves and currents of the Bering Sea , although winds off the Bering Sea have tossed shipments from ...
Enlargeable, detailed map of Midway Atoll. Midway Atoll is part of a chain of volcanic islands, atolls, and seamounts extending from the Island of Hawaii up to the tip of the Aleutian Islands and known as the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain, between Pearl and Hermes Atoll and Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Attu, being the nearest of the Aleutian Islands to Kamchatka, was the first of the islands exploited by Russian traders. Russian explorer Aleksei Chirikov called the island Saint Theodore in 1742. [7] Russians stayed on the island several years at a stretch to hunt sea otters. The Russians often clashed with the local Unangan people. After the ...
Akutan (/ ˈ æ k uː t æ n / AK-oo-tan, Aleut: Achan-ingiiga [5]) is a city on Akutan Island in the Aleutians East Borough of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, United States. The population was 1,589 at the 2020 census, up from 1,027 in 2010, [6] making it the 4th fastest-growing city of the decade in Alaska. Akutan Harbor is adjacent.
Unalaska is located on Unalaska Island and neighboring Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. The population was 4,254 at the 2020 census, which is 81% of the entire Aleutians West Census Area. [5] Unalaska is the second largest city in the Unorganized Borough, behind Bethel.
Bogoslof Island or Agasagook Island (Aleut: Aĝasaaĝux̂ [4]) is the summit of a submarine stratovolcano at the south edge of the Bering Sea, 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Unalaska Island of the Aleutian Islands chain. It has a land area of 319.3 acres (1.292 km 2) and is uninhabited. It is 1,040 meters (3,410 ft) long and 1,512 m (4,961 ft ...