Adak, Alaska

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Adak is a village on the Aleutian Islands in the west of Alaska and the western town of the USA. It lies on the Kuluk Bay on Adak Iceland, about 2100 km south-west of Anchorage.

The settlement covers 329.8 km ² and is inhabited by 326 people. The first inhabitants were the Adaks Unangan. The sooner more populated island was explored in the early 19th century by Russian fur hunters.

Strong earthquake occurred in 1957, 1964 and 1977.

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