Amchitka Island

Amchitka Island is a volcanic, tectonically unstable and uninhabited island in the group of the in southwest . It is part of the .
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  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: island in Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Amchitka”, “Amchixtax”, “Amĉitka”, “Amčitka (Aljaška : ostrov)”, “Amĉitko”, “Emplazamiento de Pruebas Subterraneas de Amchitka”, “Emplazamiento de Pruebas Subterráneas de Amchitka”, “Flintlock Long Shot”, “Grommet Cannikin”, “Insulo Amĉitko”, “Isla de Amchitka”, “Long Shot (prueba nuclear)”, “Mandrel Milrow”, “Амчитка (остров)”, and “Амчітка”

Amchitka Island

Latitude
51.56842° or 51° 34′ 6″ north
Longitude
178.87494° or 178° 52′ 30″ east
Elevation
98 feet (30 metres)
IATA airport code
AHT
UN/LOCODE
US AHT
Open location code
9V3WHV9F+9X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150920790
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
4045510
Wiki­data ID
Q460282
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Amchitka Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أمشيتكا”
  • Asturian: “Islla Amchitka”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amçitka adası”
  • Belarusian: “Амчытка”
  • Catalan: “Amchitka”
  • Cebuano: “Amchitka Island”
  • Chinese: “阿姆奇特卡島”
  • Czech: “Amchitka”
  • Czech: “Amčitka”
  • Dutch: “Amchitka”
  • Esperanto: “Amchitka”
  • Finnish: “Amchitka”
  • French: “Amchitka”
  • Galician: “Amchitka”
  • German: “Amchitka”
  • Hebrew: “אמצ’יטקה”
  • Hebrew: “אמציטקה”
  • Hungarian: “Amchitka”
  • Italian: “Amchitka”
  • Japanese: “アムチトカ島”
  • Persian: “آمچیتکا”
  • Polish: “Amczitka”
  • Russian: “Амчитка”
  • Serbian: “Амчитка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amchitka”
  • Spanish: “Isla Amchitka”
  • Turkish: “Amchitka Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Амчитка”
  • Vietnamese: “Amchitka”

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