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Little Kiska Island is an island off east coast of the island of Kiska in the
Rat Islands The Rat Islands ( ale, Qax̂um tanangis, russian: Крысьи острова) are a group of American High islands, volcanic islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between Buldir Island and the Near Islands group to its west, ...
(part of the Aleutian Islands)in Alaska. It lies immediately east of
Kiska Harbor Kiska Harbor is an inlet on the east coast of the island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Kiska Harbor is bounded by North Head on the north and by South Head on the south. Little Kiska Island lies off the coast of Kiska Island immedia ...
it is approximately 6 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide. The island has multiple hills, creeks, and ranges which were all mapped by the U.S. Navy for military purposes during WWII. One of the creeks on the island drew notoriety for being named "Nazi Creek".


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*Morison, Samuel Eliot. ''History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume Seven: Aleutians, Gilberts, and Marshalls, June 1942-April 1944''. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1951. Islands of the Aleutian Islands Islands of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Islands of Alaska Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska {{AleutiansWestAK-geo-stub