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Unalaska Island

British

/ ˌuːnəˈlæskə /

noun

a large volcanic island in SW Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands. Length: 120 km (75 miles). Greatest width: about 40 km (25 miles)

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Standing labor report from Unalaska Island: one crew going, one crew working but not liking it, one crew coming.

From Time Magazine Archive

Plowing through icy Arctic waters, the Liberty ship Chief Washakie was 45 miles off Unalaska Island on the blustery night of last Dec. 10.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was to cross the Gulf of Alaska to Dutch Harbour, on Unalaska Island, some 2000 miles from Tacoma, thence 750 miles north to St Michael's in Behring Sea.

From A Claim on Klondyke A Romance of the Arctic El Dorado by Roper, Edward

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