• Adak Island (Aleut: Adaax, Russian: Адак) or Father Island is an island near the western extent of the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands...
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    Adak (/ˈeɪdæk/, Aleut: Adaax), formerly Adak Station, is a city located on Adak Island, in the Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the...
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    Naval Air Facility Adak (IATA: ADK, ICAO: PADK, FAA LID: ADK), was a United States Navy airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the U.S. state...
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    Adak Airport (IATA: ADK, ICAO: PADK, FAA LID: ADK) is a state-owned public-use airport located west of Adak, on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands in...
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  • up adak in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Adak may refer to: Adak Island, one of the Aleutian Islands Adak, Alaska, a town on the above island Adak Airport...
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    upon Adak Island, 480 miles (770 km) to the west. Hosogaya was instructed to destroy whatever American forces and facilities were found on Adak, but the...
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    Unalaska and Umnak) Islands of Four Mountains (the main islands are Yunaska and Chuginadak) Andreanof Islands (the main islands are Adak, Atka, Amlia, Seguam...
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    islands in the group are, from west to east, Gareloi Island, Tanaga Island, Kanaga, Adak Island, Kagalaska Island, Great Sitkin Island, Atka Island,...
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    Island was visited by pilot and world circumnavigator Michael Smith. The island was a crucial refueling stop for Smith as he made his way from Adak island...
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    Castner's Cutthroats (category Aleutian Islands campaign)
    successes of Castner's Cutthroats was the building of an airfield on Adak Island. The U.S. Army Air Forces had lost several planes, not to the Japanese...
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    vessel at the Kiewit yard in Ingleside, Texas. It is nominally based at Adak Island in Alaska, but has spent significant time at Pearl Harbor in test status...
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    the westernmost city on the North American mainland, although Adak, located on Adak Island, is the westernmost city in Alaska. Wales Airport serves Wales...
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    Kanaga Volcano (category Volcanoes of the Aleutian Islands)
    installation and port on Adak Island. The volcano erupted intermittently through much of 1994, dusting the community of Adak at least once with fine ash...
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    the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is 50 miles (80 km) east of Adak Island. It is 65 miles (105 km) long and 2–20 miles (3–30 km) wide with a land...
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    Adak National Forest is a small forest on Adak Island in Alaska. It consists of 33 pine trees that have clustered together at the base of a small hill...
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    Japanese occupation of Attu (category Attu Island)
    Harbor and Adak Island, and occupy Kiska Island and Attu Island. The Imperial Japanese Army was reluctant to occupy the Aleutian Islands and responded...
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    Kuluk Bay (category Andreanof Islands)
    -176.56306 on the northeastern side of Adak Island, one of the larger Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands. The bay is significant for its ecology...
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    USCGC Adak (WPB-1333) was a United States Coast Guard cutter that received her name from Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Built at Bollinger...
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    Shemya (redirect from Shemya Island)
    service from Anchorage continued during the 1990s as did 727 flights from Adak Island, AK and Cold Bay, AK. Reeve Aleutian ceased all flight operations in...
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    Island measures 43 kilometres (27 miles) long and 38 kilometres (24 miles) wide. Tanaga Island is about 62 miles (100 kilometres) west of Adak Island...
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    Mount Adagdak (category Volcanoes of the Aleutian Islands)
    Pleistocene age stratovolcano on the northernmost extremity of Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Located about 1,180 miles (1,900 km) from Anchorage...
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    USS Indianapolis (CA-35) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
    success. US forces later occupied Adak Island, providing a naval base farther from Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Island. In January 1943, Indianapolis supported...
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  • (Yunax̂sxa) Adak Island (Adaax) Agligadak Island (Aĝligadax) Amatigis Islands Amatignak Island (Amatignax̂) Amlia Island (Amlax) Anagaksik Island (Anagaxsax̂)...
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    - Tanaga Island, Adak Island and Atka Island. (west-central of the Aleutian Islands, USA) L. m. dixoni (Grinnell, 1909) - Glacier Bay Island and southeastern...
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    slightly north of a group of islands which are located between Adak Island and Atka Island. The northern portion of the island is dominated by the complex...
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    USS San Francisco (CA-38) (category Ships of the Aleutian Islands campaign)
    and reached Alaska toward the end of the month. Based at Kuluk Bay, Adak Island, she operated in the Aleutians for the next 4+1⁄2 months. She patrolled...
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    Andrew Lake is a lake on Adak Island, part of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is a part of the Adak Naval Air Station and lies between Mount Adagdak...
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    This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area. It includes most islands with an area greater than 20 square miles (approximately 52...
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    Aleutian Trench (category Geology of the Aleutian Islands)
    earthquake occurred south of the Andreanof Islands. The earthquake itself caused damage on Adak Island and Umnak Island and generated a Pacific-wide tsunami...
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  • Aaron Island Abalone Island Abbess Island Abraham Islands Abraham Islet Abrejo Rocks Acorn Rock Adak Island Adams Island Admiralty Island Adugak Island Afognak...
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