The Aleutian Islands Wilderness is a

wilderness area Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...

in the

Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a cha ...

of the

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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., ...

. It is about in area and was designated by the

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in 1980. It is part of the Aleutian Islands unit of

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of , of whic ...

External links

Wilderness.net - Aleutian Islands WildernessRecreation.gov - Aleutian Islands Wilderness
by Marla Cone, Philadelphia Inquirer, January 28, 2001 Protected areas of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Wilderness areas of Alaska Protected areas of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge {{Alaska-protected-area-stub