Aleutian
Americanadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The catch, so to speak, is that the boats must travel much farther north—to fisheries 220 miles above the Aleutian Islands, the crabbers’ old hunting grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Another eye-catching pattern appeared near Unimak Island, the easternmost of the Aleutian Islands.
From Science Daily ● May 6, 2026
Breeding occurs in regions spanning from Año Nuevo Island in Central California to the Kuril Islands north of Japan, with the greatest concentration of breeding grounds in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
From there we hopscotched to Chile, up to Mexico City, and then out to Alaska’s remote Aleutian Chain, where a sturdy, generous band of believers make their living off the Bering Sea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
Range.—Breeds in Alaska, Aleutian and Pribilof Islands east to Fort Simpson; winters south to eastern Oregon, Colorado, and western Kansas.
From Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix by Frank M. Chapman
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