Alaskan Peninsula and Aleutian Islands

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.

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Jeff Schmaltz

Published May 30, 2006
Data acquired May 26, 2006

Source:

Terra > MODIS

Collection:

MODIS Image of the Day