- Rat Islands
The Rat Islands (Qax̂um tanangis [Bergsland, K "Aleut Dictionary" Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994] in Aleut) are a group of islands in the
Aleutian Islands in southwestAlaska , betweenBuldir Island and theNear Islands group to its west, andAmchitka Pass and theAndreanof Islands group to its east, at about coord|51|46|N|178|34|E.The largest islands in the group are, from west to east,
Kiska , Little Kiska, Segula, Rat or Kryssei, Khvostof, Davidof, Little Sitkin,Amchitka , andSemisopochnoi . The total land area of the Rat Islands is 934.594 km² (360.849 sq mi). None of the islands are inhabited.The name "Rat Islands" is the English translation of the name given to the islands by Captain
Fyodor Petrovich Litke in1827 when he visited the Aleutian Islands on a voyage around the world.The Rat Islands are very earthquake-prone as they are located on the boundary of the Pacific and North American tectonic plates. In 1965, there was a major earthquake with the magnitude 8.7 in the Rat Islands.
References
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