Amchitka Island

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:island
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Alaska_Maritime_National_Wildlife_Refuge
gptkbp:archipelago gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkbp:area approximately 116 square miles
gptkbp:climate subarctic oceanic
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Vitus_Bering
gptkbp:discoveredIn 1741
gptkbp:ecologicalConcerns radioactive contamination
disturbed habitat
gptkbp:environmentalMonitoring true
gptkbp:evacuations 1942
gptkbp:GreenpeaceProtestYear 1971
gptkbp:hasMilitaryBase gptkb:Amchitka_Airfield
gptkbp:historicalPopulation gptkb:Aleut_people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Amchitka Island
gptkbp:latitude 51.4 N
gptkbp:length about 42 miles
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:longitude 179.3 E
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:Semisopochnoi_Island
gptkb:Kiska_Island
gptkbp:notableEvent largest underground nuclear test in US history (Cannikin)
gptkbp:nuclearTest gptkb:Long_Shot
gptkb:Cannikin
gptkb:Milrow
gptkbp:nuclearTestDate 1965
1969
1971
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:U.S._federal_government
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Rat_Islands_group
gptkbp:protectedArea gptkb:Alaska_Maritime_National_Wildlife_Refuge
gptkbp:status restricted access
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Alaska_Standard_Time
gptkbp:uninhabited true
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Atomic_Energy_Commission
gptkb:U.S._Air_Force
gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkbp:usedDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:usedFor nuclear testing
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Greenpeace
gptkbp:width 1 to 4 miles
gptkbp:wildlife bald eagles
foxes
sea otters
seabirds
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cannikin_nuclear_test
gptkb:Project_Cannikin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5