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The Aleutian Ridge is located in the western part of the Aleutian Arc in the Bering Sea.

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Aleutian Ridge

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The Aleutian Ridge is located in the western part of the Aleutian Arc in the Bering Sea. It consists of a chain of volcanic islands located along the...

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Aleutian Arc

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and leads up to the Aleutian Ridge, the north side of which being the area where the most volcanic activity occurs. The Aleutian Ridge is largest near tip...

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Aleutian Islands campaign

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The Aleutian Islands campaign (Japanese: アリューシャン方面の戦い, romanized: Aryūshan hōmen no tatakai) was a military campaign fought between 3 June 1942 and 15...

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Aleutian Trench

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The Aleutian Trench (or Aleutian Trough) is an oceanic trench along a convergent plate boundary which runs along the southern coastline of Alaska and the...

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Aleutian Basin

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900 km from the Aleutian Islands Arc to the northwestern termination, where it meets Shirshov Ridge. This former island arc, Bowers Ridge, is a prominent...

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Bowers Ridge

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Bowers Ridge is located in the southern part of the Aleutian Basin. It extends over 900 km (560 mi) in an arc, starting in the southeast at the Aleutian Arc...

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Bowie Canyon

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Sea. It is a submerged line of demarcation between the Bowers Ridge and the Aleutian Ridge. At its deepest point, it is 1.3 miles deep. It is named after...

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Aleutian subduction zone

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The Aleutian subduction zone is a 2,500 mi (4,000 km) long convergent boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate, that extends from...

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Geology of the Pacific Ocean

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Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Pacific-Farallon Ridge Pacific-Kula Ridge Phoenix Ridge Shatsky Rise Tehuantepec Ridge Aleutian Trench Challenger Deep HMRG Deep Izu–Ogasawara...

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Shirshov Ridge

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distance of 750 km (470 mi) toward the Aleutian arc in the eastern part of the Bering Sea (see figure). The Shirshov Ridge rises 2–2.5 km above the surrounding...

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1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake

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The 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred at 00:11 UTC on August 17. It had an estimated seismic moment of 3.8 x 1028 dyn cm−1, equivalent to a magnitude...

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Pacific Plate

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the North American Plate forming the Aleutian Trench and the corresponding Aleutian Islands (see also: Aleutian Arc). The Pacific Plate is almost entirely...

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Unalaska Formation

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Miocene Era geologic formation on Amaknak Island and Unalaska Island, in the Aleutian Islands archipelago of southwestern Alaska. It consists mainly of volcanic...

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North American Plate

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the Okhotsk Plate, and finally the Aleutian Trench to the end of the Queen Charlotte Fault system (see also: Aleutian Arc). The westerly boundary is the...

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Kanaga Volcano

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tip of Kanaga Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is situated within a caldera, which forms the arcuate Kanaton Ridge south and east of Kanaga. A...

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Battle of Peleliu

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Marines who assaulted it simply as "The Point". Holes were blasted into the ridge to accommodate a 47 mm (1.85 in) gun, and six 20 mm cannons. The positions...

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Pacific Time Zone

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the largest in the time zone. The zone is two hours ahead of the Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone, one hour ahead of the Alaska Time Zone, one hour behind the...

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Battle of Attu

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on Attu Island off the coast of the Territory of Alaska as part of the Aleutian Islands campaign during the American Theater and the Pacific Theater. Attu...

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Kula Plate

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the Near Islands segment of the Aleutian Islands. It has been subducted under the North American Plate at the Aleutian Trench, being replaced by the Pacific...

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List of regions of the United States

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Palmyra Atoll) Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone (Hawaii, Aleutian Islands (Alaska), Johnston Atoll) Alaska Time Zone (Alaska, excluding Aleutian Islands) Pacific...

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Commander Islands

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ostrova) are a series of islands in the Russian Far East, a part of the Aleutian Islands, located about 175 km (109 mi) east of the Kamchatka Peninsula...

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Koa Ridge

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Koa Ridge is a town being developed by Castle & Cooke located near the center of the island of Oʻahu in City and County of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, United States...

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First Battle of El Alamein

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to the coast road by attacking east toward Ruweisat Ridge. The British defence of Ruweisat Ridge relied on an improvised formation called "Robcol", comprising...

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Plate tectonics

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heats and magma rises to form curving chains of volcanic islands e.g. the Aleutian Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Japanese island arc. At zones of ocean-to-continent...

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Oceanic trench

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 261–290. Lemenkova, Paulina (2021). "Topography of the Aleutian Trench south-east off Bowers Ridge, Bering Sea, in the context of the geological development...

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