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  Aleutian Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aleutian Islands (possibly from Chukchi aliat, "island") are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc situated in the Northern Pacific Ocean, and extending about 1,900 km (1,200 mi) westward from the extremity of the Alaskan peninsula toward the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The Aleutian Islands consequently belonged to Russia, until that country transferred all its possessions in North America to the United States in 1867.
Most of the civilian population of the Aleutians were interned by the United States in camps in the Alaska Panhandle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aleutian_Islands   (1621 words)

  
 About Aleutians East Borough, Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Aleutians West Census Area lies in the westernmost part of Alaska, comprising the western portion of the Aleutian Islands along with the Pribilof Islands to the north in the Bering Sea.
It is bordered on the east by Aleutians East Borough; its nearest neighbors to the west are the Komandorskiy Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula in Siberia (Russian Federation).
Aleutians West Census Area has a maritime climate (or arctic maritime in the Pribilofs), with temperatures ranging from about from 11 to 65 degrees Fahrenheit (sometimes with severe wind chill) and annual precipitation of 23to 58 inches, depending on locality, and and average snowfall of 0 to 100 inches, again depending on locality.
www.henkimaa.nu /akgenweb/boroughs/aleutianswest/about.html   (542 words)

  
 Evolution of the Aleutian Forearc
The easternmost Aleutians is the representative region for deformation of the forearc.
In the easternmost Aleutians, as discussed in Section 2, the locked RTB-thrust is postulated to be manifest by the Uyak-McHugh complex and the deformed forearc shelf-basin is manifest by the rock formations and mountains immediately oceanward of the complex.
Second, according to convention, the south limb of the forearc basin of the central Aleutians is produced entirely by underplating, whereas according to concepts presented herewith (Sections 3 and 4), this limb of the shelf-basin is produced as the Pacific plate carries the forearc shelf downward toward the mantle.
www.mandala.net /murdock/murdock.htm   (11693 words)

  
 welcome to the aleutian web page
Originally from the east coast city of Portsmouth NH, Aleutian relocated to Chicago, IL in October of 1998 to concentrate on the development of their music and expansion to a wider listening audience.
Aleutian's debut release Frame Dragging offers a window through which the listener can veiw, "a world of constant twilight and shadows".
Aleutian is currently not performing as a group.
www.aleutian.net   (200 words)

  
 The Aleutian Islands War - June 3, 1942 - August 24, 1943 - ExploreNorth
While spared the arctic climate of the Alaskan mainland to the north, the Aleutians are constantly swept by cold winds and often engulfed in dense fog.
The Aleutian attack was a sideshow, yet it would reduce Yamamoto's overall available strength in carrier aircraft during the fight for Midway on 4-5 June, one of the decisive battles of all time and the turning point of the Pacific war.
They also theorized that the attack on the Aleutians and the occupation of its westernmost islands might be part of a holding action designed to screen a northward thrust by Japanese forces into Siberia's maritime provinces and the Kamchatka Peninsula.
www.explorenorth.com /library/military/aleutian_war-usarmy.html   (6993 words)

  
 About Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Aleutians East Borough is in southwestern Alaska between the Bering Sea to its north and the Pacific Ocean to its south.
It is bordered on the east-northeast by Lake and Peninsula Borough and to the west by Aleutians West Census Area (which has no organized borough government).
Aleutians East Borough has a maritime climate, with temperatures ranging from about from -9 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit, average snowfall of 52 inches, and averge annual precipitation of 33 inches.
www.henkimaa.nu /akgenweb/boroughs/aleutianseast/about.html   (388 words)

  
 Zegrahm Expeditions - Aleutians - Chain of Life
The Aleutians, referred to as "The Chain" by Alaskans, span roughly 1,100 miles of the North Pacific.
Native land mammals are absent from the western Aleutians (biologists have removed most foxes, introduced for their pelts during the past 200 years), while the easternmost island of Unimak boasts native red foxes, ground squirrels, caribou, and the magnificent Alaska brown bear.
Precipitous cliffs skirted by thick beds of kelp, fields of brightly-colored wildflowers amid the tall beach rye grass, immense flocks of seabirds wheeling in the sky, and frolicking sea otters or seals are just a few of the memories one gains from a journey to this remarkable land of fire and ice.
www.zeco.com /library/aleut_l.asp   (911 words)

  
 Aleutians East Borough -- Welcome to the Aleutians East Borough
Today, the region is renowned for its breathtaking beauty, warm, generous people and the rich diversity of seafood found in the waters around it.
Aleutians East Borough officially opposes processor quota shares
Aleutia is looking for Area M salmon permit holders who want to become 2005 Aleutia members and share with the world the unique flavor of the Aleutians.
www.aleutianseast.org   (421 words)

  
 Aleutians East Borough, Alaska AK, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aleutians East Borough, AK Aleutians East Borough is one of 16 boroughs in Alaska.
This was a decrease of -.07% from the 2000 census.
In 2002, the per capita personal income in Aleutians East Borough was $24,962.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=22216   (410 words)

  
 The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The War in the Aleutians - Feb 17th, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aleutian weather becomes progressively worse as you travel from the easternmost islands to the west.
Why Japan clung to its positions in the Aleutians after the battle of Midway is not known, but it is probable that Attu and Kiska were either going to provide the jumping-off places for future invasions of the North American continent, or merely provide advanced observation posts and defenses for the Empire.
The Japanese were finally ejected from the Aleutians only after 15 months of arduous operations hampered by shortages afloat, ashore, and in the air...not to mention the almost insuperable obstacles of weather and terrain.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/vetscor/845116/posts   (17061 words)

  
 Aleutian's Home Page
The original contributors and drivers of the WW-II content of this web site, such as Dan Lange, Rene Thibault, George Villasenor, and Nick Moreska, just to name a few that were there during the war years, formed the nucleus of our WW-II segment.
Since then, many, many more of our WW-II Aleutian vets and/or their families have been in touch and have contributed enormously in terms of photos, stories, and memorabilia to the content of our web site.
During the WW-II era, there were a variety of aircraft associated with the Aleutian theater.
www.hlswilliwaw.com /aleutians   (393 words)

  
 Lawyers Aleutians East Alaska: Lawyers and Attorneys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Aleutian Islands are truly a world apart, a chain of volcanic peaks rearing out of the icy Bering Sea a thousand miles from the coast of Alaska's mainland.
Surrounded by some of the coldest, stormiest ocean on Earth, lashed by williwaws or shrouded in a blanket of fog, they are remote, forbidding, challenging -- and breathtakingly beautiful on the rare occasions when the sun burns through the gray sky to reveal them in all their solitary splendor.
To veteran paddlers like Jon Bowermaster and his companions, the Aleutians hold a special allure, for these jagged shores and unforgiving riptides are the home waters of the kayak.
www.edgsolicitors.co.uk /3595.html   (631 words)

  
 Aleutians - Museum of the Aleutians Links
Aleutians West County Bail Bonds, Bail Bond Agents in AK
AllRefer Weather - Aleutians West County Weather,, Alaska, AK AllRefer Weather resource provides weather forecast for Aleutians West County, Alaska, AK, -.
The Museum of the Aleutians future success depends on communications and we The weather for the Eastern Aleutians.
infoant.com /?q=aleutians   (218 words)

  
 Digital Aleutians West CA Map, Maps of Aleutians West CA County, Alaska.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aleutians West CA Map, Maps of Aleutians West CA and all Alaska County Maps.
This Aleutians West CA map is formatted in Adobe Illustrator (NOT Acrobat or Photoshop) & Macromedia FreeHand for Windows or Macintosh.
Our map of Aleutians West CA is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
www.creativeforceinc.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=71   (236 words)

  
 Aleutian Working Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In July 1994, a large, active-source deep seismic experiment was conducted in the region of the Aleutian volcanic arc and the back-arc Bering Shelf.
Twelve ocean-bottom hydrophones and seven ocean-bottom seismometers were deployed along five transects across the Aleutian arc and backarc.
Two primary transects across the arc were acquired: one through Seguam Pass, where the arc is intraoceanic, and one through Unimak Pass, where it is continental.
pangea.stanford.edu /research/crustal/aleut   (460 words)

  
 Aleutian Islands
carriers, left the Kurile Islands to attack the Aleutians, while the remainder of his fleet, which included 4 large aircraft carriers, 9 battleships, and 12 transports, converged on Midway.
June alone, three separate sightings placed an enemy fleet somewhere between the Pribilof and St. Lawrence Islands, suggesting that either an enemy raid on or an outright invasion of the Alaskan mainland was imminent, with Nome the likely objective.
Another book that provides a vivid account of the ground fighting on Attu, one with personal anecdotes from all ranks, is The Capture of Attu as Told by the Men Who Fought There (1944).
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/aleut/aleut.htm   (7052 words)

  
 Akutan, Alaska AK, city profile (Aleutians East Borough) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Alaska > All counties > Aleutians East Borough > Akutan
Akutan, AK Akutan is in Aleutians East Borough.
Sections below provide additional information and links about Akutan demographics, travel and tourism, nearby airports, cemeteries, the Aleutians East Borough economy, education, environment, genealogy, government, historic sites, libraries, maps, museums, newspapers and other media, nonprofit groups, real estate, recreation, religion, transportation, and weather in the 99553 ZIP code.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=27915   (372 words)

  
 Digital Aleutians East Borough Map, Maps of Aleutians East Borough County, Alaska.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Aleutians East Borough Map, Maps of Aleutians East Borough and all Alaska County Maps.
This Aleutians East Borough map is formatted in Adobe Illustrator (NOT Acrobat or Photoshop) & Macromedia FreeHand for Windows or Macintosh.
Our map of Aleutians East Borough is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
www.creativeforceinc.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=70   (236 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Greek Orthodox Church in America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In Alaska they converted many of the Eskimo and Indians, and the success of their missions was such that in 1840 the monk Ivan Veniaminoff was made the first bishop of "Kamchatka, the Kuriles and Aleutians", and took up his see at Sitka.
In 1867, just before Alaska was sold to the United States, he was made Metropolitan of Moscow, and in Russia his advice was of great assistance in the negotiations for the transfer of Alaska.
Besides these there are in Alaska: Indians, 1891; Aleutians, 2149; Eskimo, 3666.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/06772a.htm   (2331 words)

  
 Shemya Island, the Aleutians
Shemya is a two mile by four mile island at the end of the Aleutian chain, 200 miles from Russia.
It is a godforsaken place, and those of us who've experienced it share a certain bond of experience and fraternity.
The rock is molten lava, and is very dense and fl (thus the nickname for Shemya, 'the Black Pearl of the Aleutians').
www.29eagles.com /aboutme/shemya   (1997 words)

  
 Moviefone: Report from the Aleutians Movie
Synopsis: The semi-feature-length wartime documentary Report From the Aleutians was written and directed by Captain John Huston.
Report From the Aleutians, John Huston, Walter Huston, Lt. George I. Radell, Col. Jack Chennault, Lt. Hawley P. Nill, Lt. Henry J. Strenkowski, Col.
Report from the Aleutians, John Huston, Walter Huston, Lt. George I. Radell, Col....
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 History of World War II in the Aleutians Guestbook "Experience your America"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Share your experiences and/or your real life stories or your relatives experiences and/or their real life stories in the Aleutians during World War II.
We welcome stories of the Aleuts and other native peoples, WWII U.S.,Canadian, Japanese and other military personnel and there families to contribute.
The Unangan History and Culture, Natural History of the Aleutians
www.nps.gov /aleu/Guestbook.htm   (130 words)

  
 Welcome to Museum of the Aleutians
The Museum of the Aleutians is a 9,400 square foot building and is the only
archaeological research and Museum storage facility for the Aleutian Region.
by The Museum of the Aleutians and are protected by United States and International
www.aleutians.org   (232 words)

  
 Alaska   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Over the years various vessels have been named USS Alaska, in honor of the state.
During World War II three of the outer Aleutian Islands — Attu, Agattu and Kiska — were occupied by Japanese troops.
It was the only part of the United States to have land occupied during the war.
www.alaskancities.com   (2162 words)

  
 Genealogy > USA > Alaska > Aleutians West Census Area
Aleutians West Borough Alaska Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research
Aleutians West Census Region  Map at bottom of page
Aleutians West Census Subarea  Tiger Map Server Browser
www.linkpendium.com /genealogy/USA/AK/WAleutians   (141 words)

  
 Aleutians East Borough School District schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
Aleutians East Borough School District schools - district elementary, middle, and high school information
Aleutians East Borough School District school information: Aleutians East Borough School District schools, Aleutians East Borough School District districts, Aleutians East Borough School District cities
GreatSchools.net: Elementary, middle and high school information for Aleutians East Borough School District public, private and charter schools
www.greatschools.net /cgi-bin/ak/district_profile/6   (256 words)

  
 Lawyers Aleutians West Alaska: Lawyers and Attorneys   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 DVD Empire - Item - Report From The Aleutians/ Hook Down, Wheels Down: World War II In Color / DVD-Video
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