Atka Island

Local nameAtka Island
LocationUnited States

Atka Island is the largest island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is 50 miles east of Adak Island. It is 65 miles long and 2–20 miles wide with a land area of 404.6 square miles, making it the 22nd largest island in the United States. The northeast of Atka Island contains the Korovin volcano which reaches a peak of 5,030 feet. Oglodak Island is located 3.4 miles off Cape Kigun, Atka's westernmost point.

The city of Atka, Alaska is on the east side of the island. The 2000 census population of the island was 95 persons, almost all in the city of Atka.On December 5, 2008, President George W. Bush created the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. A crashed B-24 Liberator on Atka is one of the nine sites included in the monument.

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Scenic view from the… @ George Putney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
 

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atka_Island

Coordinates 52°10'58.939" N -174°25'54.728" E

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