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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

—Permits: You’ll need a land use permit from the Aleut Corporation to hunt or hike on Adak.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

He flew to Anchorage, then took a once-a-week, three-hour flight to Adak.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2020

Senior West Bengal police official Dilip Kumar Adak told the AFP news agency the four men resembled the photographs and sketches of the suspects which had been circulated.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2015