Rat Islands

[ rat ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. a group of islands in SW Alaska, in the W Aleutian Islands.

Example Sentences

The last known location of the Juris was about 41 miles northeast of Segula Island in the Rat Islands archipelago of western Alaska, according to a release from the Unified Command involved in the search.

From Seattle Times

A magnitude 7.9 quake, the largest since 2002, on June 23 struck the Rat Islands.

From Washington Times

The quake Monday afternoon was in the region of the Rat Islands.

From Los Angeles Times

The cluster of Aleutian islands to which Hawadax belongs is still known collectively as the "Rat Islands," and some of Hawadax's neighbors continue to be plagued by the bird-eating rodents.

From Reuters

South of the Rat Islands, beneath the grey-green greasy Pacific swells off Alaska and close to the international date line that keeps Thursday from being Friday, an American submersible is missing.

From Time Magazine Archive