Aleutian Islands
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The Aleutian Islands, also called the Aleut Islands, or Aleutic Islands, are a chain of 14 main, larger volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones.
Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands
Image of the islands taken by the STS-56 crew. Amlia Island is visible in the upper left of the photo, while the eastern half of Atka Island is shown at the right. North is to the bottom left in this photo.
These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands.
ASTER image of the islands
Unalaska, Alaska
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The City of Unalaska is the main population center in the Aleutian Islands. The city is in the Aleutians West Census Area, a regional component of the Unorganized Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.
Aleutian Islands
…islands reach heights of 6,200 feet (1,900 m). Makushin Volcano (5,691 feet (1,735 m)) on Unalaska Island, is not quite visible from within the town of Unalaska, though the steam rising from its cone is visible on a (rare) clear day. Residents of Unalaska need only to climb one of the smaller hills in the area…
Dutch harbor crab boats
USCG HC 130 1453
Unalaska 2.04