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Western Aleutian Islands, from a 1916 map of the Alaska Territory After the American purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, further development took place. New buildings included a Methodist mission and orphanage, and the headquarters for a considerable fleet of United States revenue cutters , which patrolled the sealing grounds of the ...
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 ...
Avatanak Island (Agutanax̂) Baby Islands; Bird Island (Kitnamax) Bogoslof Island (Aĝasaaĝux̂) - sanctuary for sea lions and nesting marine birds; Breadloaf Island (Taanĝiinax̂) Buck Island (Ukdax̂sxix) Caton Island (Qagan Unimgix̂) Chagulak Island (Chugssĝinax̂) Alaska with Aleutian island chain (at bottom), Unalaska Island is marked.
Map of Rat Islands showing major islands (line between Semisopochnoi Island and Amchitka Pass is the 180th meridian) Map of the western Aleutian Islands, showing the Rat Islands on the right: Kiska Island (7), Little Kiska Island (8), Segula Island (9), Khvostof Island (10), Davidof Island (11), Little Sitkin Island (12), Hawadax Island (13), Amchitka Island (14), and Semisopochnoi Island (15)
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).
Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make Alaska the largest state in the United States. [1] A Akutan ... Aleutian Islands; Aleutika Island; Aleutski Island;
The Andreanof Islands (Aleut: Niiĝuĝim tanangis, [1] Russian: Андреяновские острова) are a group of islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, United States. They are located at about 52° North and 172°57' to 179°09' West.
The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz. ... Egg Island (Alaska) Fenimore Pass; Fire Island (Aleutian Islands) Gibson Islands; Great Sitkin Island;