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Akutan is stratovolcano on Akutan Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands of Alaska. A noticeable increase in the number and frequency of felt earthquakes was reported on Sunday evening, March 10, 1996. The largest earthquake was about magnitude 5.1. Earthquake activity declined the following evening.
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The largest and most easterly of the Aleutian islands, Unimak lies just off the southern end of the Alaska Peninsula. The island is 113 km in length covering an area of 4,118 km².
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In a tragic and shameful episode, the U.S. government forcibly removed nearly 900 Unangan (Aleut) people from their homes in the Aleutian and Pribilof islands in 1942. These innocent civilians were taken to Southeast Alaska and placed in internment camps, where they spent the next three years in squalid and appalling conditions. Read more about the evacuation, the internees, and restitution here.
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In July of 2002, large tracts of colorful coral gardens were discovered in the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. Scientists estimated that as many as 100 species of coral were flourishing 300 to 5,000 feet beneath the surface.
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Cleveland Volcano, situated on the western half of Chuginadak Island, is one of the most active of the volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands, which extend west-southwest from the Alaska mainland. It is a
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These Sections are located in southwestern Alaska, and, as their names describe, include the Alaska Peninsula, Aleutian Islands, and part of Kodiak Island. The area of these Sections is about 22,200 mi2 (57,500 km2).
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