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Adak Island (Aleut: Adaax, [1] [2] Russian: Адак) or Father Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Alaska's southernmost city, Adak, is located on the island.
Adak (/ ˈ eɪ d æ k /, Aleut: Adaax), formerly Adak Station, is a city located on Adak Island, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 171, down from 326 in 2010. It is the westernmost municipality in the United States and the southernmost city in Alaska.
The westernmost city in the United States, the community of Adak is located on the beautiful and windswept Adak Island in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands. ABOUT ADAK (UNANGAM TUNUU: ADAAX) Adak rewards adventurous visitors with stunning landscapes, abundant wildlife, and fascinating World War II history.
Of all the places we hiked and visited in our week on Adak Island—green hills waving cottongrass and bog orchids, cliffsides with views down at remote bays and up at volcanoes, creeks pulsing with pink salmon, waterfalls, sand beaches, musty military barracks—nothing captured us as much as the lagoon on the north end of the island, with its ...
Adak Island lies near the middle of Alaska’s storm-wracked Aleutian Islands, almost exactly equidistant from Tokyo and Seattle.
Adak Island is way out there, so far at the end of the Aleutian archipelago in the Bering Sea that it shares a time zone with Hawaii instead of its own state. This is not a place for the fainthearted.
Adak Island sits midway between the United States and Russia, where the Bering Sea meets the Pacific Ocean. So of course the government built a sprawling naval air station, and as many as 5,000...
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What makes Adak Island so mysterious and unique is its deserted military base that was once the Adak Naval Air Station, which was in operation until the late 90’s when it was defunded and later turned over to the Aleut Corporation.
Adak Island, Alaska. Significance: Allowed American forces to mount a successful offensive against the Japanese-held Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska during World War II. Designation: National Historic Landmark designated on February 27, 1987. OPEN TO PUBLIC: No. MANAGED BY: Aleut Corporation | US Fish & Wildlife Service. Amenities. 1 listed.