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Adak

American  
[ey-dak] / ˈeɪ dæk /

noun

  1. an island in SW Alaska, in the Andreanof group of the Aleutian Islands.


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If either volcano erupts, the closest community affected would be Adak, 65 miles from the volcanoes.

From Washington Times • Mar. 10, 2023

Lily, 11, and Anna, 8, sisters who live on remote Adak Island, Alaska, spent the year extraordinarily separate from the world.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

This is the Adak experience: equal parts haunting historical relics and breathtaking natural beauty.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

At one point, he heard about a McDonald’s in Adak, Alaska, a largely deserted island in the middle of the Bering Sea.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2020

Senior West Bengal police official Dilip Kumar Adak has previously said all eight alleged attackers had been identified, and Friday's announcement takes the number of suspects held to eight.

From BBC • May 8, 2015