The Aleutian Islands, the chain of little islands that different the Bering Sea (north) from the principal segment of the Pacific Ocean (south). They stretch out in a circular segment southwest, at that point northwest, for around 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from the tip of the Alaska Peninsula to Attu Island, Alaska, the U.S. The Aleutians involve an aggregate region of 6,821 square miles (17,666 square km).

The archipelago comprises of 14 substantial islands, somewhere in the range of 55 little islands, and countless islets. Almost every one of them is a piece of the U.S. territory of Alaska. The significant island bunches from east to west are the Fox Islands, the Islands of the Four Mountains, and the Andreanof, Rat, and Near islands. The Komondor (Commander) Islands close to the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia are additionally geologically part of the Aleutians.
The archipelago's atmosphere is portrayed by genuinely uniform temperatures consistently, high breezes, overwhelming precipitation, and tireless mist. The Aleutians are essential without trees, however, are secured with a lush development of grasses, sedges, and numerous blossoming plants. The Aleutian Islands unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (set up 1980) covers 4,250 square miles (11,000 square km) and reaches out between Unimak (east) and Attu (west) islands.

The Aleutians give a settling living space to countless seabirds, including auklets, puffins, murres, and fulmars. By securing the natural life of the islands (remarkably ocean otters, ocean lions, and seals) and managing murders, the shelter has saved the lifestyle of the local Aleuts, who have dependably lived by angling and chasing. The raising of blue foxes for the hide business has outfitted work for some.
In 1741 the Russians sent the Dane Vitus Bering and the Russian Aleksey Chirikov on a voyage of the disclosure. After their boats ended up isolated in a tempest, Chirikov found a few of the eastern islands, while Bering found a few of the western islands. Bering kicked the bucket amid the voyage, however, a few of the team survived and came back to Russia with stories of the wealth of hiding bearing creatures there.

Seekers from Siberia along these lines ran to the Komandor Islands and progressively moved eastbound over the Aleutians to the Alaskan territory. Russia in this way picked up a solid footing in North America yet almost caused the eradication of the Aleuts, who were butchered, compelled to move, and oppressed. Russia sold the islands, alongside whatever remains of Alaska, to the United States in 1867.
In June 1942, amid World War II, Japanese troops attacked and involved Attu and Kiska islands. Arrangements by U.S. powers to expel the Japanese started presently. Attu was retaken after a short however bleeding fight in May 1943. Nonetheless, the Japanese cleared Kiska before U.S. troops could arrive there in August.