Anonymous ID: 535649 July 29, 2021, 8:52 a.m. No.14222371   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2409

The largest islands in the Aleutians are Attu (the farthest from the mainland), and Unalaska, Umnak, and Unimak in the Fox Islands.

 

Major islands: Unimak Island, ‎Unalaska Island‎, …‎

 

Population: 8,162 (2000)

 

Total islands: >300

 

Location: North Pacific Ocean, ‎Bering Sea‎

 

The Aleutian Islands also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller islands.

 

Most of the Aleutian Islands belong to the U.S. state of Alaska, but some belong to the Russian federal subject of Kamchatka Krai. Wikipedia

 

Largest settlement: Unalaska (pop. 4,283)

 

Size: 6,821 square miles britannica.com

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands

 

The islands, with their 57 volcanoes, form the northernmost 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.

 

Battles and skirmishes occurred on the islands during the Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. The Japanese landing and occupation of Kiska and Attu in June 1942 were the only two invasions of the United States during that war.

Anonymous ID: 535649 July 29, 2021, 8:58 a.m. No.14222409   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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The Aleutian Islands on May 15, 2014, by NASA's Aqua satellite.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands

 

Orthodox Christian heritage

Among the first Christian missionaries to arrive in the Aleutian Islands was a party of ten Russian Orthodox monks and priests, who arrived in 1793. Within two years, a monk named Herman was the only survivor of that party. He settled on Spruce Island, near Kodiak Island, and often defended the rights of the Aleuts against the Russian trading companies. He is now known in the Orthodox Church as Saint Herman of Alaska.

 

Another early Christian missionary of the Russian Orthodox Church was Father Veniaminov who arrived in Unalaska in 1824. He was named Bishop Innokentii in 1840 and moved to Sitka. He is now known in the Orthodox Church as Saint Innocent of Alaska.

 

The principal settlements were on Unalaska Island. The oldest was Iliuliuk (also called Unalaska), settled in 1760–1775, with a customs house and an Orthodox church.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Marine_Highway

 

https://dot.alaska.gov/amhs/