Amchitka, Alaska Site Fact Sheet

• Other Authors: United States. Department of Energy. Office of Legacy Management.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: United States. Office of Legacy Management. 2011
• Subjects: 61 Radiation Protection And Dosimetry; 54 Environmental Sciences; 58 Geosciences; Amchitka; Amchitka Island; Anchorage; Kamchatka Peninsula; Aleutian Island; Kamchatka; Tundra; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc865426/

Amchitka Island is near the western end of the Aleutian Island chain and is the largest island in the Rat Island Group that is located about 1,340 miles west-southwest of Anchorage, Alaska, and 870 miles east of the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Russia. The island is 42 miles long and 1 to 4 miles...