Talk:Aleutian Islands
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"Russian citizenship" would have been the wrong term then - try "Russian subject". PML.
Perhaps you haven't picked up on the fact that you can edit this page? - smp
In 1913 the entire chain was set aside as the Aleutian Islands Reservation, refuge for birds and native animals. The islands are now part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
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[edit] Russia
What's the name(s) of the island(s) that are Russian? --Golbez 16:32, Dec 27, 2004 (UTC)
they are the Commander Islands. But this brings up a question: altough the Commander Islands are in many ways ecologically part of the Aleutians, I think that from a mapping / geography point of view, the "Aleutian Islands" do not include the Commander Islands. In fact in the section below, the latitude/longitude range excludes the Commander Islands. It would be great if some mapping / place naming specialists could address this... tivp 01:29, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Pronunciation?
Is the "T" hard or soft? A-loot-ee-an or Alooshian? --161.73.58.135 08:24, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
In Aleutian the "T" is soft. However in Aleut referring to the native people the "T" is hard.
- The "t" is neither hard nor soft. It is not pronounced. The adjective "Aleutian" is pronounced "Uh LOO shun". And, as the person before me indicated, when pronouncing the name of the people, the "t" is pronounced. Where most people go wrong with the word for the people, "Aleut", is trying to say it with only two syllables. It is correctly pronounced, "al ee OOT". Seriously. (I thought it was a joke at first, like someone was making an allusion to the comic strip, "Alley Oop", but no, that's how it's said.) Unschool 05:18, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] number
how many islands are there?
There are more than 200 islands containing more than 50 volcanoes.
[edit] Picture
I want to say that, first of all, the picture just added by User:Conscious is very pretty. Unfortunately, it also might provide the wrong impression of the chain.
Most Americans living Outside still tend to think of Alaska as a snow-covered domain, year round. Well, that is simply untrue of Alaska in general, and even less so of the Aleutians. While the Aleutians will get blanketed with snow in the winter, that cover will usually not last (below 1000 ft. altitude) for more that a couple of days, as the more common rains will melt the snow. This picture is beautiful, but not representative. Might someone be able to come up with a better shot? I myself do not know how to access such things. Unschool 17:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Island split by US and Russia?
I was listening to NPR's "Says You" and they had question about what countires border the United States. Aside from the obvious ones, Canada and Mexico, the host said that Russia was also a country that the US shares a border with due to the fact that one of the western most islands in the Aleutians is actually split between the US and Russia. He either didn't specifically say which one it was. Anyone know?
- This is patently false. The closest that this comes to being true is in the middle of the Bering Strait, where there are a pair of islands known as the Diomedes. Big Diomede Island, which is Russian territory, lies approximately 2.5 miles west of Little Diomede Island, which is US territory. The international boundary, as well as the International Date Line, runs between them. On a (rare) clear day, they are easily visible from one another. Unschool 15:02, 1 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] People?
Not much on the people of these islands --Drgs100 08:07, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] rain in unalaska?
according to the article there is 80 inches of rain annually in Unalaska but according to http://www.alaskan.com/places/unalaska.html there is 48-50 inches per year.
