Aleutian

Aleutian

Aleutian may refer to:
*The Aleutian Islands, a chain of islands in Alaska extending 1,700 miles ( km) west from the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula which separate the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean.
*The Aleutian Range, a mountain range in Alaska.
*The Aleutian Trench (or Aleutian Trough), a deep in the North Pacific Ocean at the western end of the Aleutian Islands.
*The Aleut people, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, the Pribilof Islands, the Shumagin Islands, and the far western part of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska and of Kamchatka Krai, Russia.
*The Aleut language, the language of the Aleut people.


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  • Aleutian — n. native or resident of the Aleutian Islands adj. of or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands …   English contemporary dictionary

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