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Rat Island Map of the Pacific Ring of Fire highlighting the tectonic plate boundaries around the Pacific Ocean. The map shows spreading and converging plate boundaries, volcanic arcs, and marks major active volcanoes with star symbols. A pink shaded area outlines the Ring of Fire, tracing the regions of frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity along the edges of the Pacific Plate, including the west coasts of the Americas, eastern Asia, and the islands of the western Pacific. Adak Island Vitus Bering's expedition U.S. troops landing on Attu Island in World War II Aleutian Islands: U.S. Marines in training Historic map showing the western portion of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, with labeled island groups such as the Near Islands and Rat Islands, and marked longitude lines. The map is from the 1902 10th edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Aleutian Islands

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Aleutian Islands, chain of small islands that separate the Bering Sea (north) from the main portion of the Pacific Ocean (south). They extend in an arc southwest, then northwest, for about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula to Attu Island, Alaska, U.S. The Aleutians occupy a total area of 6,821 square miles (17,666 square km). The archipelago consists of 14 large islands, some 55 smaller islands, and innumerable islets. Nearly...

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