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Middleton Island is a small, uninhabited island in the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Pacific Ocean approximately southwest of Cordova, Alaska, Cordova. The island was briefly home to Middleton Island Air Force Station, an early warning radar station, from 1958 until the station's closure in 1963. During the 1964 Alaska earthquake the island was raised an additional above sea level. The island now hosts the unattended Middleton Island Airport and a NEXRAD weather radar. __NOTOC__


Climate

Middleton Island has a Oceanic climate#Subpolar variety (Cfc), subpolar oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification, Köppen: ''Cfc'')


See also

* List of islands of Alaska
Official Middleton Island Website


References


External links


Important Bird Areas : Middleton Island, Alaska
Islands of Alaska Islands of Chugach Census Area, Alaska Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Uninhabited islands of Alaska {{ChugachAK-geo-stub