Atka Island

[at-kuh, aht-]

noun

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

Example Sentences

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit near Alaska's Atka Island, part of the state's chain of Aleutian Islands, the U.S.

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Apparently anticipating a Japanese move east to Atka Island and northeast to the Pribilof Islands, the Army announced the evacuation of 550 natives to southeastern Alaska.

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