Aleutianas (Islas)

"Las islas Aleutianas (un nombre derivado del nombre propio de la etnia que las habitaba, «aleuti») es un archipiélago de islas volcánicas, una cadena de más de 300 pequeñas islas volcánicas que describen un amplio arco de unos 1.900 km que va del sudoeste de Alaska (Estados Unidos) hasta la península de Kamchatka (Rusia). Las islas están situadas entre el mar de Bering, al norte, y el océano Pacífico septentrional, al sur. Casi todo el archipiélago es parte del estado de Alaska, aunque las islas más occidentales forman parte de Rusia. Las islas están localizadas al norte del Cinturón de fuego del Pacífico y en ellas hay 57 volcanes. Las islas tienen alrededor de 37.800 kilómetros cuadrados y unos 16.000 habitantes, siendo menos de la mitad esquimales aborígenes."

"The Aleutian Islands (/lun/; possibly from Chukchi aliat, "island") are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the United States and Russia. They form part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km2) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900 km) westward from the Alaska Peninsula toward the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, and mark a dividing line between the Bering Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. Crossing longitude 180°, at which point east and west longitude end, the archipelago contains both the westernmost part of the United States by longitude (Amatignak Island) and the easternmost by longitude (Semisopochnoi Island). The westernmost U.S. island in real terms, however, is Attu Island, west of which runs the International Date Line. While nearly all the archipelago is part of Alaska and is usually considered as being in the "Alaskan Bush", at the extreme western end, the small, geologically related Commander Islands belong to Russia. The islands, with their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Physiographically, they are a distinct section of the larger Pacific Border province, which in turn is part of the larger Pacific Mountain System physiographic division. These Islands are most known for the battles and skirmishes that occurred there during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. It was one of only two attacks on the United States during that war."