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Amchitka

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[am-chit-kuh] / æmˈtʃɪt kə /

noun

  1. an island off the coast of SW Alaska, in the W part of the Aleutian Islands: site of U.S. air base during World War II. 40 miles (64 km) long.


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As of 11pm this evening Buoy 46071 south of Amchitka Island in the Western Aleutians has recorded seas to 41 feet🌊🌊!!

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

A buoy off Amchitka Island measured an average wave height of 58.1 feet, or nearly six stories.

From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2021

Amchitka Island was mentioned repeatedly by the interrogators.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2014

They were on Amchitka long before the main body of troops.

From Time Magazine Archive

Environmentalists predicted earthquakes or other disasters when the Atomic Energy Commission exploded a one-megaton nuclear device on Alaska's Amchitka Island in 1969.

From Time Magazine Archive

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