Aleutian Islands

American  

plural noun

1. an archipelago extending SW from the Alaska Peninsula: part of Alaska.

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Aleutian Islands British  

plural noun

1. a chain of over 150 volcanic islands, extending southwestwards from the Alaska Peninsula between the N Pacific and the Bering Sea

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Aleutian Islands Cultural  

1. Chain of volcanic (see volcano) islands off western Alaska between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

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Aleutian Islands

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

According to the California Geological Survey, the worst-case scenario would be a tsunami generated from the eastern Aleutian Islands in Alaska.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025

Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the U.S. state of Alaska, but the Commander Islands near the Kamchatka Peninsula are part of Russia.

From Reuters ● Aug. 27, 2023

Among the Aleutian Islands a new volcanic island appeared in the midst of a storm, attended with flames and smoke.

From The Philosophy of the Weather And a Guide to Its Changes by Butler, Thomas Belden