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English: Satellite picture of the Aleutian Islands and the Alaska Peninsula, located in the south of the state of Alaska, United States.
Português: Imagem de satélite das Ilhas Aleutas e da Península do Alasca, localizadas no sul do estado do Alasca, Estados Unidos.
Original caption — The Aleutian Islands and the Alaskan peninsula are shown in this image acquired by the MODIS on the Terra satellite, on May 25th, 2006. The Aleutians are a chain of more than 300 small volcanic islands forming an island arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean. They extend about 1,200 miles westward from the Alaskan Peninsula. Nearly all of the islands are part of Alaska, but at the extreme western end of the archipelago are the small, geologically-related, but remote Komandorski Islands, which are considered part of Russia. The Aleutian Islands, with 57 volcanoes among them, are in the northern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
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| Date | 25 May 2006 | |||
| Source | NASA (Image galleries) | |||
| Author | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | |||
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 2 September 2006. It was captioned as follows: Other languages:
Cymraeg: Delwedd o'r gofod o'r Ynysoedd Aleutia a'r Gorynys Alaska. Magyar: Az Aleut-szigetek és az Alaszkai-félsziget az űrből nézve Polski: Aleuty i półwysep Alaska widziane z orbity ziemskiej Slovenščina: Aleutski otoki iz vesolja. 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí： Ùi thài-khong koàⁿ Aleutian Kûn-tó kap Alaska Poàⁿ-tó |
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