Английская Википедия:Atka Island

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Atka Island reindeer and World War II aircraft

Atka Island (Шаблон:Lang-ale,[1] Шаблон:Lang-ru) is the largest island in the Andreanof Islands of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The island is Шаблон:Convert east of Adak Island. It is Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide with a land area of Шаблон:Convert, making it the 22nd largest island in the United States. The northeast of Atka Island contains the Korovin volcano which reaches a peak of Шаблон:Convert. Oglodak Island is located Шаблон:Convert off Cape Kigun, Atka's westernmost point.

The city of Atka, Alaska is on the east side of the island. The 2000 census population of the island was 95 persons, almost all in the city of Atka.[2]

On December 5, 2008, President George W. Bush created the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument. A crashed B-24 Liberator on Atka is one of the nine sites included in the monument. As of July 2021 Atka is having a new modular medical clinic and quarantine shelter with a morgue being erected. This is through grants of the USDA and other parties such as native corp AHTNA & Whitley Manufacturing to serve the tribe.

Education

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Atka village in winter

Atka is served by the Aleutian Region Schools.

The Yakov E. Netsvetov School serves grades K-12.

References

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Further reading

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