Aleutian Islands

American

plural noun

an archipelago extending SW from the Alaska Peninsula: part of Alaska.

Aleutian Islands British

plural noun

a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea

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Aleutian Islands Cultural

Chain of volcanic (see volcano) islands off western Alaska between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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Coast Guard gave him an aptitude test and sent him to a cryptography unit in the Aleutian Islands, part of the effort to intercept Japanese communications and break their code.

From Los Angeles Times

According to the California Geological Survey, the worst-case scenario would be a tsunami generated from the eastern Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times

A more severe tsunami warning was in effect for the western section of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, where people were being told to immediately evacuate designated tsunami hazard zones.

From Los Angeles Times

A hypothetical magnitude-9.3 earthquake near Alaska’s eastern Aleutian Islands could bring a damaging tsunami to the San Francisco Bay Area in about five hours, and to L.A. and Orange counties in about six.

From Los Angeles Times

Along the West Coast, marbled murrelets are found regularly from Santa Cruz, California, to the Aleutian Islands.

From Science Daily

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