The Aleutian Islands (possibly from
Chukchi aliat, "
island") are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an
island 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. Crossing longitude 180°, they are the westernmost part of the
United States (and technically also the easternmost; see
Extreme points of the United States). Nearly all the
archipelago is part of
Alaska and usually considered as being in the "
Alaskan Bush", but at the extreme western end the small, geologically-related, and remote
Komandorski Islands, are in
Russia. The islands, with their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire. The
Alaska Marine Highway passes through the islands.
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