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Swains Island, annexed: 1925: 0.94: 2.43-----[7] Kanton Island and Enderbury Island, joint occupation with Britain (Independent as Republic of Kiribati in 1979) 1938: 6.5: 16.8----- Water Island, by purchase from the East Asiatic Company, a private shipping company based in Denmark (which at the time was under German occupation) 1944: 0.8: 2.0 ...
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 ...
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At the moment, trade economies in both Texas and California face some headwinds, including a slowing U.S. economy as a result of anti-inflation efforts, plus cutbacks by retailers and other buyers ...
The Russian American Company was responsible for the governing of Baranof Island and all of Russian Alaska, including the indigenous group, the Tlingits. [10] The Company remained profitable until sea otter and other hunted mammals had their populations severely diminished, and the company could no longer rely on the sale of pelts for profit.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball saw three ships about 124 miles north of the Amchitka Pass, a strait in the the Aleutian Islands, a remote archipelago that stretches 1,200 miles from the ...
Map of the western Aleutian Islands. Kiska is shown as Island #7; Attu Island is shown as Island #1. Kiska (Aleut: Qisxa, [1] Russian: Кыска) is one of the Rat Islands, a group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. It is about 22 miles (35 km) long and varies in width from 1.5 to 6 miles (2.4 to 9.7 km).