Unreferenced stub date December 2009 Aleutiancurrent also called subarctic current. An eastward flowing ocean current which lies north of the North Pacific Current it is the northern branch of the Kuroshio Current which moves northeast then east between 40 N and 50 N. As it approaches the coast of North America it divides to form the northward flowing Alaska current and the southward flowing California Current . See also Ocean current Oceanic gyres Physical oceanography Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents es Corriente de las Aleutianas ko ja no Den aleutiske havstr m pl Pr d Aleucki vi H i l u Aleut ... more details
Aleutian may refer to The Aleut people Aleut people, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska and of Kamchatka Krai, Russia. The Aleut language , the language of the Aleut people. The Aleutian Islands , a chain of islands in Alaska extending 1,700 miles km west from the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula which separate the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean. The Aleutian Range , a mountain range in Alaska. The Aleutian Trench or Aleutian Trough , a deep in the North Pacific Ocean at the western end of the Aleutian Islands. The Aleutian Disease affecting mustelids, caused by the Aleutian Disease Virus disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
waters during the current interglacial period. People living in the Aleutian Islands developed fine ...Refimprove date October 2008 Infobox islands name Aleutian Islands image name Aleutian Islands xrmap.png ... 8,162 population as of 2000 density sqmi ethnic groups Aleut people Aleut additional info The Aleutian ... than 300 small volcanic islands, forming part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean , occupying .... Geography Image UnalaskaAlaska.jpg thumb Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. Image The Aleutian Islands 01 Photo D Ramey Logan.jpg thumb the Aleutian Islands from 32,000 feet. Image North Pacific air routes.png thumb Active Aleutian volcanoes. The islands, known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago ... continuation of the Aleutian Range on the mainland. The great majority of the islands bear evident ... Image Aleutians space.jpg Image of the islands taken by the STS 56 crew. Image Aleutian Clouds.jpg These cloud formations were seen over the western Aleutian Islands. Image Alaska s Aleutian Island ... pressure area called Aleutian low . The mean annual temperature for Unalaska, the most populated ... Cape Promontory Cape Lutkes, Alaska. Cape Lutkes is part of the Aleutian Islands.JPG thumb Cape Promontory, Cape Lutkes on br Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. The growing season lasts about ... . While tall trees grow in many cold climates, Aleutian conifers some of them estimated to be two hundred ... Aleutian Shield Fern . Fauna The Aleutians are home to many large colonies of seabirds, including Buldir ... the aleutians are protected as part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and the Aleutian ... is linked from Aleutian Islands Explorers, traders and missionaries arrived from Russia beginning ... several eastern islands of the Aleutian group, and Bering discovered several of the western islands ... across the Aleutian Islands to the mainland. In this manner, Russia gained a foothold on the northwestern coast of North America. The Aleutian Islands consequently belonged to Russia, until that country ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Aleutian Low is a semi permanent low pressure center located near the Aleutian Islands during the winter. It is one of the main centers of action in the atmospheric circulation of the Northern Hemisphere. In the north pole winter time, the subpolar low pressure belt develops well only over oceans and this low pressure is divided in two parts by Asia and North America continent in between them in a circle. The Aleutian low is the one lying east of Japan. The second part is the Icelandic low lying in the Norwegian Sea. The Aleutian Low is characterized by many strong cyclones . Cyclones which form in the subpolar latitudes in the North Pacific typically slow down and reach maximum intensity in the area of the Aleutian Low. Cyclones Category Aleutian Islands Category Weather hazards Category Atmospheric dynamics weather stub de Aleutentief fr D pression des Al outiennes ja nn Det aleutiske l gtrykket pt Depress o das Aleutas ru sv Aleutiska l gtrycket vi V ng p th p Aleutia ... more details
Image Aleutian Trench.jpg right thumb 300px Map of the Aleutian Trench The Aleutian Trench or Aleutian Trough ref Webster s New Geographical Dictionary , p. 30 ref is a subduction zone and oceanic trench which runs along the southern coastline of Alaska and the adjacent waters of northeastern Siberia off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula . It is classified as a marginal trench in the east as it runs along the margin of the continent, and as an island arc where it runs through the open sea. The trench extends for 3,400 km from a triple junction in the west with the Ulakhan Fault and the northern end of the Kuril Kamchatka Trench , to a junction with the northern end of the Queen Charlotte Fault system in the east. The Aleutian Trench forms part of the boundary between two tectonic plate s. Here, the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate at an angle of nearly 45 degrees. The deepest part of the Aleutian trench has been measured at Convert 7679 m ft 0 . Fact date March 2011 North of the trench, a string of volcanoes and associated islands have formed where melting of the crust has been caused by the descending plate beneath them. See also Oceanic trench Aleutian Islands Kuril Kamchatka Trench Ulakhan Fault References reflist Webster s New Geographical Dictionary . Springfield, Massachusetts Merriam Webster, Inc., 1984. ISBN 0 87779 446 4, External links http www.gsajournals.org perlserv ?request display figures&name i0091 7613 30 6 495 f01 Map of Eastern End of the Aleutian Trench coord 52 N 172 E type waterbody source dewiki display title Category Plate tectonics Category Landforms of Russia Category Landforms of Alaska Category Oceanic trenches of the Pacific Ocean tectonics stub de Aleutengraben es Fosa de las Aleutianas eu Aleutiar uharteetako fosa fr Fosse des Al outiennes it Fossa delle Aleutine ja nn Aleutargropa pl R w Aleucki ru uk zh ... more details
Geobox Range name Aleutian Range image AKPen4.jpg image caption Alaska Peninsula, Peulik Volcano and Ukinrek Maars etymology country United States state Alaska unit border Tordrillo Mountains geology period orogeny length imperial length orientation width imperial width orientation highest Mount Redoubt Alaska Mount Redoubt highest elevation imperial 10197 highest lat d 60 highest lat m 29 highest lat s 07 highest lat NS N highest long d 152 highest long m 44 highest long s 35 highest long EW W map Map of Alaska Peninsula Volcanoes.gif map caption Map showing volcanoes on the Alaska Peninsula The Aleutian Range is a major mountain range of southwest Alaska , extending from Chakachamna Lake 80 miles 130 km southwest of Anchorage to Unimak Island , at the tip of the Alaska Peninsula . It includes all of the mountains of the Peninsula. It is especially notable for its large number of active volcano es, which are also part of the larger Aleutian Arc . The mainland part of the range is about 600 miles 1000 km long the Aleutian Islands are geologically a partially submerged western extension of the range that stretches for another 1,600 km 1000 mi . However the official designation Aleutian Range includes only the mainland peaks and the peaks on Unimak Island. The range is almost entirely ... Mountains The core Aleutian Range can be divided into three mountain groups. Listed from southwest ... Mountains See Aleutian Islands for the continuation of the range to the west of Unimak Island. Also, just to the north of the Aleutian Range, and sometimes considered part of it, are the Tordrillo Mountains . File Aleutian Range FWS.jpg thumb left Aleutian Range Selected mountains Mount Redoubt Alaska ... Island External links Gnis 1893258 Aleutian Range coord 57 04 00 N 156 59 20 W scale 4000000 display title Category Mountain ranges of Alaska Category Volcanic arcs Category Aleutian Range ca Serralada ... delle Aleutine lt Aleut kalnag bris ja ro Aleutian Range fi Aleuttien vuoristo sv Aleutian ... more details
File LA2 Bering Sea UTM zones.png thumb right Map of the Bering Sea , with the Aleutian Basin clearly discernable here in the southwest portion of the sea. The Aleutian Basin is an oceanic basin under the southwestern Bering Sea . While the northeastern half of the Bering Sea overlies the North American Plate in relatively shallow water, the Aleutian Basin consists of oceanic plate&mdash the remnant of the Kula Plate that was mostly subduction subducted under the North American Plate. Subduction of the Kula Plate ceased after the creation of the Aleutian Trench to its south. What remained of the Kula Plate attached to the North American Plate. This former subduction zone is now the Beringian Margin , which now hosts sixteen submarine canyons , including Zhemchug Canyon , the world s largest. A former island arc called Bowers Ridge is a prominent semi circular shaped geological feature rising from the southern part of the basin where it meets the Aleutian Islands arc. Its formation dates from sometime between the early Mesozoic and the late Tertiary . References http ccom.unh.edu publications Gardner 05 USHydro New views of US continental margins.pdf New Views of the U.S. Continental Margins University of New Hampshire Category Oceanic basins Category Bering Sea marine geo stub es Cuenca aleutiana ... more details
The Aleutian Tradition began around 2500 BC and ended in AD 1800. Aleut people Aleut ian artifacts are made out of chopped Rock geology stone , unlike the more common slate tools. The tradition is core and flake tradition using bifacially carved projectile points. The Aleutian people lived in semi subterranean winter houses made from driftwood, whale bone, and peat. They used kayak s, atlatl s and harpoons to kill sea mammals for sustenance. Around AD 1150 Aleutian houses increased considerably in size. Food was stored in special chambers inside the house and weaponry was becoming more common around these sites. The sustenance pattern changed from relying on sea mammals to eating mostly salmon. Long distance trade also started increasing community with other local groups. References Fagan, Brian M. 2005 Ancient North America. Thames and Hudson, London. Category Archaeological cultures ... more details
Taxobox name Aleutian skate image regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Chondrichthyes ordo Rajiformes familia Rajidae genus Bathyraja species B. aleutica binomial Bathyraja aleutica binomial authority Charles Henry Gilbert Gilbert , 1896 The Aleutian skate Bathyraja aleutica is a species of skate in the family Rajidae . It lives in depths ranging from 15 to 1602 meters in North Pacific Ocean from northern parts of Japan to the Aleutian Islands and southeastern Alaska . It has maximum total length of 161 centimeters. It is the most abundant species of the Bathyraja genus in the eastern Bering Sea slope and throughout the Gulf of Alaska . It is oviparous and produces oblong Egg case Chondrichthyes egg capsules with stiff horn in each corner. The embryo gets its nutrients from the yolk which is at first utilized for growth at a relatively constant rate but later in the development the yolk is absorbed rapidly. References Cite web url http www.discoverlife.org 20 q?search Bathyraja aleutica&b FB2555 title http www.discoverlife.org 20 q?search Bathyraja aleutica&b FB2555 accessdate 28 March 2009 Cite web url http psrc.mlml.calstate.edu students diane haas title Age, growth, and reproduction of the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica Gilbert, 1896 , from Alaskan waters accessdate 28 March 2009 Cite web url ftp ftp.afsc.noaa.gov posters pHoff01 alaska aleutian skate.pdf title Embryonic Development of the Alaska and Aleutian Skate accessdate 28 March 2009 Rajiformes stub Category Bathyraja Category Animals described in 1896 ca Bathyraja aleutica es Bathyraja aleutica ... more details
File Map of alaska volcanoes cleveland.jpg thumb right Map showing volcanoes of the Aleutian Arc. The Aleutian Arc is a large volcanic arc in the U.S. state of Alaska . It consists of a number of active and dormant volcanoes that have formed as a result of subduction along the Aleutian Trench . Although taking its name from the Aleutian Islands, this term is a geologic grouping rather than a geographic one, and the Aleutian Arc extends from the Alaska Peninsula to the Aleutian Islands . ref http woodshole.er.usgs.gov operations obs rmobs pub html alaska.html A Policy for Rapid Mobilization of USGS OBS RMOBS Alaska Volcanoes ref Volcanoes Volcanoes within the volcanic arc include Mount Adagdak Mount Akutan Mount Amak Mount Amukta Mount Aniakchak Augustine Volcano Black Peak Bogoslof Island Mount Carlisle Mount Chiginagak Cleveland Volcano Alaska Cleveland Volcano Cold Bay Volcano Mount Dana Alaska Mount Dana Davidof Volcano Mount Denison Devils Desk Mount Douglas Alaska Mount Douglas Mount Dutton Mount Emmons Alaska Mount Emmons Fourpeaked Mountain Frosty Volcano Mount Frosty Gareloi Volcano Mount Gilbert Alaska Mount Gilbert Mount Griggs Hayes Volcano Mount Iliamna Isanotski Peaks Mount Kaguyak Mount Kanaga Kasatochi Island Mount Katmai Mount Kialagvik Kiska Korovin Volcano Mount Kukak Mount Kupreanof Mount Mageik Makushin Volcano Mount Martin Alaska Mount Martin Novarupta Nunivak Island Mount Okmok Mount Pavlof Pavlof Sister Pogromni Volcano Mount Recheshnoi Mount Redoubt Saint Paul Island Alaska Saint Paul Island Mount Seguam Segula Island Semisopochnoi Island Mount Shishaldin Snowy Mountain Alaska Peninsula, Alaska Snowy Mountain Mount Spurr Mount Steller Aleutian Range Mount Steller Tanaga volcano Tanaga Trident Volcano Ugashik Peulik Mount Veniaminof Mount Vsevidof Mount Westdahl Yantarni Volcano References reflist coord 52.28 174.15 dim 1500000 region US AK display title Category Volcanic arcs Category Volcanism of Alaska Alaska geo stub Volcanology stub fr Arc ... more details
Aleutian Disease also ADV , for Aleutian Disease Virus or Mink Plasmacytosis is a highly contagious parvovirus affecting mustelid s, causing spontaneous abortion and death in mink s and ferrets . History Aleutian Disease was first recognized in ranch raised mink in 1956. The disease was so named because it was first found in mink with the Aleutian coat color gene, a gun metal grey pelt. It was assumed that the disease was a result of poor genetics, but it was later found that minks of all coat colors were susceptible to the disease but tend to have a lower mortality compared with Aleutian Mink. ref name Ontario Ministry of Agriculture http www.omafra.gov.on.ca english livestock alternat facts 97 033.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2008. ref In the 1960s, it was common practice for mink ranchers to make their own distemper vaccines by Homogenization chemistry homogenizing from distemper infected mink, making suspensions, and injecting all the mink on their ranch. This practice led to a severe outbreak of AD on a Connecticut ranch, with a mortality of almost 100 in less than 6 months. ref name Dr. Adrian Dealey http homepage.ntlworld.com ferreter aleutian01.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2008. ref The disease spread from minks to ferrets, as the two were raised on the same farms. Transmission ADV is highly Contagious disease contagious . It is transferred through a ferret s bodily fluids, and it can be lie dormant in dried urine or on an owner s clothes and shoes for up to two years. Known cases of ADV positive ferrets should not be taken to places where they may come in contact with other ferrets. They also should not be allowed to run on floors or other areas where uninfected ferrets or their owners ... A lethal infection in mink, the Aleutian disease virus lays dormant in ferrets until stress or injury ... for Aleutian virus. When evidence of ADV shows in a ferret, it is strongly recommended that a CEP ... Animal diseases nl Aleoetse nertsziekte pt Doen a aleutiana do vison fi Aleutian tauti ... more details
Image Sea otter hunters 1896.jpg thumb right 200px Aleut people Aleut men in Unalaska in 1896 , with waterproof kayak gear and garments The Aleutian Baidarka or Aleutian kayak was the watercraft created by the native Aleut people Aleut or Unangan people of the Aleutian Islands . The Aleut people were surrounded by treacherous waters and required water transportation and a hunting vessel. Due to the geography and climate of the Aleutian Islands, trees and wood were in scarce supply and the people relied primarily on driftwood to create the framework of the kayak, which was covered with the skins of sea mammals. Two types of boats were created, one with a covered deck, the hunting kayak and another that was open and capable of carrying goods and people from one island to another. Before the arrival of the Russia ns, the one hole bidarkas kayaks were found in abundance, along with some two hole boats. The Russian influence, due their presence on the islands to hunt fur bearing animals, on the design of the kayaks was significant and resulted in three hole kayaks. These were probably configured with the stern man paddling and guiding the craft, while the bow man was responsible for using the throwing board in the hunt, with the hunt boss in the middle directing the hunt. Some characteristics of these early kayaks are best described in the words of Veniaminov from the island of Atka in 1840 blockquote ...The baidarki of the present day Aleuts are no longer as perfect as those of the former Aleut riders. At that time, in the hands of excellent riders, they were so speedy that birds could not outrun them. They were so narrow and sharp keeled that they could not stand upright in the water without a rider, and so light that a seven year old child could easily carry them. blockquote See also Kayak Unreferenced date October 2007 Canoeing and kayaking Category Kayaks Category Aleuts ... more details
Taxobox name Aleutian Tern status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Charadriiformes familia Sternidae genus Onychoprion species O. aleuticus binomial Onychoprion aleuticus binomial authority Spencer Fullerton Baird Baird , 1869 synonyms Onychoprion aleutica small lapsus small br Sterna aleutica small Baird, 1869 small The Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus , formerly Sterna aleutica see Bridge et al. , 2005 is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This species breeds in colonies on coasts and islands in Alaska and easternmost Siberia . It is strongly bird migration migratory , wintering off Indonesia and Malaysia . Large numbers appear off China during passage periods. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe , with just one record, on the Farne Islands off Northumberland , England on 28 29 May 1979. It lays 2 3 eggs in a ground scrape. It sometimes nests among Arctic Tern s, which, like most white terns, are fiercely defensive of their nest and young and will attack large predators. Like most other terns, the Aleutian Tern feeds by plunge diving for fish, usually from saline environments. The offering of fish by the male to the female is part of the courtship display. This is a medium sized tern, with a short, pointed bill and a long, deeply forked tail. It has a black cap with a white forehead, dark gray mantle and underparts and a mostly pale underwing with a dark secondary bar. It has a white rump and tail, black legs and a black bill. The call is a musical whee hee hee . References IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 49271 title Sterna aleutica downloaded 09 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern Bridge, E. S. Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. 2005 A phylogenetic framework for the terns Sternini inferred from mtDNA sequences implications for taxonomy ... aleuticus hu Bering cs r ms Burung Camar Aleutian ja fi Aleuttientiira ... more details
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Major groups in the Aleutian Islands are listed from east to west, and islands within each group are listed ... Island Aleutian Islands Breadloaf Island Taan iinax Buck Island Aleutian Islands Buck Island Ukdax sxix Caton Island Aleutian Islands Caton Island Qagan Unimgix Chagulak Island Chagulak Island Chugss inax Image AKMap doton Unalaska.PNG right Alaska with Aleutian island chain at bottom , Unalaska Island is marked. Deer Island Aleutian Islands Deer Island Animin Derbin Island Dushkot Island Aleutian Islands Dushkot Island Duxsxan Egg Island Aleutian Islands Egg Island Ugal a Emerald Island Aleutian Islands Emerald Island Expedition Island Aleutian Islands Expedition Island Guchiganang Fire Island Aleutian Islands Fire Island Gargoyle Island Aleutian Islands Gargoyle Island Gull Island Aleutian Islands Gull Island Hog Island Aleutian Islands Hog Island Uknadax Kaligagan Island Aleutian Islands Kaligagan Island Qisxagan Kigul Island Aleutian Islands Kigul Island Kiigalux Krenitzin Islands group of islands Kudiakof Island Aleutian Islands Kudiakof Island Ogangen Island Aleutian Islands Ogangen Island Ogchul Island Aleutian Islands Ogchul Island Uxchalux Pancake Rock Pancake Rock Kaduu ix Tanax Peter Island Aleutian Islands Peter Island Poa Island Poa Island Saduu inax Pustoi Island Pustoi Island Ta ilgadax Rootok Island Rootok Island Aayux tax Round Island Aleutian Islands Round Island ... Sedanka Island Sidaanax Sushilnoi Island Aleutian Islands Sushilnoi Island Tan imax Tangik Island Aleutian Islands Tangik Island Tan gax Tanginak Island Aleutian Islands Tanginak Island Tigalda Island ... Unimax Vsevidof Island Aleutian Islands Vsevidof Island Uyagax Wislow Island Islands of Four Mountains ... Nii u in tanangis Adak Island Adak Island Adaax Agligadak Island Aleutian Islands Agligadak Island A ligadax Amatigis Islands Aleutian Islands Amatigis Islands Amatignak Island Amatignak Island Amatignax Amlia Island Aleutian Islands Amlia Island Amlax Anagaksik Island Aleutian Islands Anagaksik Island ... more details
About the peak in the Aleutian Range the peak in the Chugach Mountains Mount Steller Chugach Mountains Infobox mountain name Mount Steller Aleutian Range elevation ft 7454 elevation ref prominence ft 1600 prominence ref location Katmai National Park and Preserve , Alaska , United States USA range Aleutian Range coordinates Coord 58 25 47 N 154 23 29 W type mountain region US display inline,title type Stratovolcano volcanic arc belt Aleutian Arc Mount Steller is a stratovolcano in Katmai National Park in Alaska , United States . It is part of the Aleutian Range and is located on the Alaska Peninsula . The mountain was presumably named for the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller . External links http www.topozone.com map.asp?lat 58.4298&lon 154.3914&s 500&size l&symshow n&datum nad83&layer DRG250 Mount Steller on Topozone Note that the mountain name is misspelled Stellar on this map. cite gvp vnum 1102 22 title Steller DEFAULTSORT Steller, Mount Aleutian Range Category Landforms of Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska Category Mountains of Alaska Category Volcanoes of Alaska Category Stratovolcanoes Category Aleutian Range LakeandPeninsulaAK geo stub ... more details
Image timezoneswest.PNG thumb right 250px HAST is UTC 10 The Hawaii Aleutian Time Zone observes Hawaii Aleutian Standard Time HAST , by subtracting ten hours from Coordinated Universal Time UTC 10 . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory . The zone takes its name from the two areas it includes Hawaii and the portion of Alaska s Aleutian Islands west of 169 30&prime W longitude. The Alaskan portion observes daylight saving time DST while Hawaii does not. From 1900 until 1947, GMT 10 30 was used as standard time in Hawaii. http www.twinsun.com tz tz link.htm French Polynesia uses UTC 10 for its major cities. The Cook Islands and Tokelau do also. These areas do not use DST. Major Metropolitan Areas Honolulu County Honolulu, Hawaii See also Time zone Time offset Effects of time on North American broadcasting External links http www.timeanddate.com library abbreviations timezones na hast.html HAST Hawaii Aleutian Standard Time http www.timeanddate.com library abbreviations timezones na hadt.html HADT Hawaii Aleutian Daylight Time http time.gov timezone.cgi?Hawaii Aleutian s 10 java The official U.S. time for the Hawaii Aleutian time zone Hawaii http time.gov timezone.cgi?Hawaii Aleutian d 10 java The official U.S. time for the Hawaii Aleutian time zone Aleutian Islands North American time zones Category Time zones Category Time in the United States es Tiempo de Haw i Aleutiano id Waktu Standar Hawaii Aleut ka ja pl Czas hawajsko aleucki ... more details
Infobox Protected area name Aleutian Islands Wilderness iucn category Ib map US Locator Blank.svg map caption locator x 17 locator y 162 location Aleutian Islands , Alaska , United States USA nearest city Atka, Alaska lat d 52 lat m 05 lat s 24 lat NS N long d 173 long m 32 long s 31 long EW W area convert 1300000 acre km2 established 1980 visitation num visitation year governing body US Fish and Wildlife Service The Aleutian Islands Wilderness is a National Wilderness Preservation System wilderness area in the Aleutian Islands of the U.S. state of Alaska . It is about convert 1300000 acre km2 lk on in area and was designated by the United States Congress in 1980. It is part of the Aleutian Islands unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge . External links http www.wilderness.net index.cfm?fuse NWPS&sec wildView&wname Aleutian 20Islands 20Wilderness Wilderness.net Aleutian Islands Wilderness http www.recreation.gov detail.cfm?ID 4467 Recreation.gov Aleutian Islands Wilderness http www.commondreams.org headlines01 0128 01.htm Aleutian Islands A Wilderness Ecosystem in Collapse by Marla Cone, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28, 2001 Category Geography of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska Category Geography of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Category Wilderness Areas of Alaska AleutiansEastAK geo stub AleutiansWestAK geo stub Alaska protected area stub Protected Areas of Alaska ... more details
Taxobox name Aleutian Cackling Goose and br Bering Cackling Goose image AleutianCanadaGoose2.jpg image caption Branta hutchinsii leucopareia status regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Anseriformes familia Anserinae genus Branta species Cackling Goose B. hutchinsii subspecies B. h. leucopareia binomial Branta hutchinsii leucopareia binomial authority Delacour, 1951 The Aleutian Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii leucopareia , formerly known as the Aleutian Canada Goose Branta canadensis leucopareia , is small subspecies of Cackling Goose averaging 1700 to 2100 grams. The &dagger Bering Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii asiatica is the name given to Cackling Geese on the Commander Islands Komandorski and Kuril Islands . This population was not markedly distinct from the Aleutian one and is usually included with them. By about 1920 or so last seen 1914 or 1929 , these westernmost birds went extinct from persecution by humans and Arctic Fox es. The Aleutian Cackling Goose has the typical black head and neck, white cheek patches, grayish brown back and wings, white rump, black tail feathers, legs, and feet of the species. It is distinguished by a conspicuous white neck ring at the base of the neck that, in adult plumage, is usually greater than 10 mm wide and is subtended by a ring of darker feathers. The cheek patches are usually separated by a black line under the throat and the breast is a pale grayish brown color, although a small number of lighter and darker ... narrow or indistinct. The primary threat to the Aleutian Cackling Goose has been the Arctic Fox , introduced to the Aleutian Islands by Russian fur traders between 1836 and 1930. The Cackling Canada Goose was considered extinct until a colony was discovered on Buldir Island in 1962. Since then, the Aleutian ... media finalqanda.html U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Aleutian Canada Goose http fwie.fw.vt.edu WWW esis lists e107001.htm Aleutian Canada Goose taxonomy Category Branta Category Geese Category ... more details
Fire Island is located in the eastern Aleutian Islands at coord 53 56 40 N 168 02 51 W scale 50000 display inline,title . It emerged in 1883, forming a companion island to Bogoslof Island . Originally, this Fire Island was named New Bogoslof also Grewingk, after an Alaskan geologist . In 1909, President of the United States President Theodore Roosevelt made Bogoslof and New Bogoslof a federally protected bird sanctuary . Both islands are currently part of the Bogoslof Wilderness in the Aleutian Islands unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge . Category Islands of the Aleutian Islands Category Islands of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska AleutiansWestAK geo stub de Fire Island Aleuten ... more details
Earthquake title 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake date start date 1 April 1946 12 28 Coordinated Universal Time UTC image Tsunami large.jpg caption Residents run from an approaching tsunami in Hilo, Hawai i magnitude 7.8 Surface wave magnitude M sub s sub depth convert 25 km mi sp us location Coord 52.8 N 163.5 W display inline,title countries affected USA , Hawaii , Alaska tsunami Yes casualties 165 The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake was an earthquake near the Aleutian Islands on April 1, 1946. It was followed by a Pacific wide tsunami . The earthquake was a magnitude 7.8, with its epicenter at 52.8 N, 163.5 W, and focal depth of 25 km. It resulted in 165 casualties 159 people on Hawaii and six in Alaska and over 26 million in damages. Multiple destructive waves at heights ranging from 45 130 ft occurred. It obliterated the Scotch Cap Light house on Unimak Island I, Alaska. among others, and killed all five lighthouse keepers. The wave reached Kauai 4.5 hours after the quake, and Hilo, Hawaii Hilo 4.9 hours later. This prompted the creation of the Seismic Sea Wave Warning System, which later became the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in 1949 . ref http drgeorgepc.com Tsunami1946.html DrGeorgePC website with photos ref The tsunami was unusually powerful for the size of the earthquake it was the last time any earthquake below magnitude 9.0 caused tsunami fatalities far from the earthquake area. Scientists think the tsunami may have been caused by an earthquake triggering an Submarine landslide underwater landslide . References Reflist See also List of earthquakes in the United States Alaska history footer state collapsed DEFAULTSORT 1946 Aleutian Islands Earthquake Category 1946 natural disasters Aleutian Islands Category Earthquakes in Alaska Aleutian Islands Category 1946 earthquakes Aleutian Islands Earthquake, 1946 Category Tsunamis in the United States earthquake stub ko id Gempa bumi Kepulauan Aleut 1946 ja pt Sismo das Ilhas Aleutas ... more details
Alaska is a a seismically active state, perhaps the more so than any of the other states in the United States. The Alaskan Aleutian Megathrust faultline which runs along the coast of Alaska is also considered to be a fault line that is characteristically longer than the Cascadia subduction zone Cascadia Fault line that runs along the Pacific West Coast. The Alaska Aleutian faultline was most notably responsible for the 1964 Alaska earthquake 1964 Earthquake in Alaska . This megathrust fault, while large also happens to form the northeast boundary of the Pacific Plate . This fault happens to extends east along the Aleutian arc into south central Alaska along which the Pacific plate is subducted beneath the North American Plate which gives rise to the Aleutian arc and islands. It is significantly one of the worlds most active seismic faults, more than likely before the Cascadia Fault. In the past, it has been home to a number of repeated giant and also greatly damaging earthquakes and equally matching tsunamis. One of the many characteristics of the Aleutian Alaska megathrust fault includes the fact that the fault is subducted, with what are considered high standing ridges and large seamounts, characteristic of large faults. Of course, in the same way this also leads to the fact that there are several other conditions that would and could easily lead to continued lateral rupture a trench that runs from Middleton Island to Attu Island , is more or less thickly charged with sediment shed from the glaciated Alaskan drainage. The earthquake that this fault churned out in 1964 in Alaska was also the largest recorded in the United States having been measured at earthquake magnitude magnitude 9.2. References Earthquake Hazards Program http earthquake.usgs.gov hazards products ak 1999 documentation Alaska geo stub Category Megathrust earthquakes in Alaska Category Seismic faults of the United States ... more details
Aleutian wild cattle are feral wild cattle found on the Alaskan Aleutian islands . Several attempts have been made to round up these cattle for ranching. ref cite news title NEW CATTLE RANCH IN ALEUTIANS WILL ROUND UP THE WILD HERDS url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res FA0F11F8395A127A93C2AB178AD85F4D8285F9 work The New York Times date 1929 01 20 accessdate 2008 07 05 ref ref name abm cite news title Ranching the Aleutians url http www.allbusiness.com north america united states alaska 282791 1.html work Alaska Business Monthly date 1999 04 01 accessdate 2008 07 05 ref In 1985 6 the cattle on the Shumagin Islands were eliminated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service , ref cite news title U.S. WILL RESUME KILLING CATTLE ON 3 ALEUTIAN REFUGE ISLANDS url http nl.newsbank.com nl search we Archives?p product SJ&s site mercurynews&p multi SJ&p theme realcities&p action search&p maxdocs 200&p topdoc 1&p text direct 0 0EB726B7E45B00E9&p field direct 0 document id&p perpage 10&p sort YMD date D&s trackval GooglePM work Associated Press date 1985 09 15 accessdate 2008 07 05 ref ref cite news title NATIVE CORPORATION FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NOT WELCOME url http nl.newsbank.com nl search we Archives?p product AS&p theme as&p action search&p maxdocs 200&p topdoc 1&p text direct 0 0F78983EA856C901&p field direct 0 document id&p perpage 10&p sort YMD date D&s trackval GooglePM work Anchorage Daily News date 1986 10 31 accessdate 2008 07 05 ref but they still remained on Umnak Island ref name abm and Chirikof Island ref cite news title Alaska Isle a Corral For Feral Cattle Herd U.S. Wants to Trade Cows for Birds url http www.highbeam.com doc 1P2 80866.html work The Washington Post date 2005 10 23 accessdate 2008 07 05 ref References reflist Category Cattle breeds Category Animal breeds originating in the United States cattle stub External Links http www.ars.usda.gov is pr 2008 080909.htm ... more details
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