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Adak

American  
[ey-dak] / ˈeɪ dæk /

noun

  1. an island in SW Alaska, in the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands.


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If either volcano erupts, the closest community affected would be Adak, 65 miles from the volcanoes.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Lily, 11, and Anna, 8, sisters who live on remote Adak Island, Alaska, spent the year extraordinarily separate from the world.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

But the real reason to visit Adak lies outside of its semi-ghost town.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Senior West Bengal police official Dilip Kumar Adak has previously said all eight alleged attackers had been identified, and Friday's announcement takes the number of suspects held to eight.

From BBC • May 8, 2015

He then enlisted in the Navy, where over five years he learned Russian and was stationed on the Aleutian island of Adak decoding Russian communications.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2014

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