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Middleton Island is a small, uninhabited island in the
Official Middleton Island Website
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
Middleton Island is a small, uninhabited island in the U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sover ...
of Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, located in the Pacific Ocean
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approximately southwest of 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 1964 Alaskan earthquake, also known as the Great Alaskan earthquake and Good Friday earthquake, occurred at 5:36 PM AKST on Good Friday, March 27.
the island was raised an additional above sea level. The island now hosts the unattended Middleton Island Airport
Middleton Island Airport is a public-use airport located on Middleton Island, which is located in the Gulf of Alaska, approximately southwest of Cordova, Alaska.
Facilities and aircraft
Middleton Island Airport covers an area of 5,500 acr ...
and a NEXRAD
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 160 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United ...
weather radar.
__NOTOC__Climate
Middleton Island has asubpolar oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate, is the humid temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification ''Cfb'', typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool summers and mild winters ( ...
(Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
: ''Cfc'')
See also
*List of islands of Alaska
This is a list of islands of the U.S. state of Alaska. Approximately 2,670 named islands help to make Alaska the largest state in the United States.
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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