Aleutian Islands
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| Locations | Pacific Ocean |
|---|---|
| Bering Sea | |
| Westernmost island | Attu Island |
| Mountains | Gareloi Volcano |
| Amak Volcano | |
| Davidof Volcano | |
| Segula Volcano | |
| Buldir Volcano | |
| Bobrof Island | |
| Points of interest | Mount Shishaldin |
| Did you know | The Aleutian Range stretches 600 miles along the Alaska Peninsula through the Aleutian Islands. |
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| ID | 1186722 |
About Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands, also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones belonging to both the U. S. state of Alaska and the Russian federal subject of Kamchatka Krai.
Alleged spy balloon over US is weather device - China
... The object flew over Alaska s Aleutian Islands and through Canada before appearing over the city of Billings in Montana on Wednesday, US officials said...
US tracking suspected Chinese surveillance balloon
... The object flew over Alaska s Aleutian Islands and through Canada before appearing over the city of Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, officials say...
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US tracking suspected Chinese surveillance balloon
By Max MatzaBBC News, Seattle
The US has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted in The Skies over the northern US This Week .
Pentagon officials said in a briefing they are " confident that this high-altitude surveillance balloon" belongs to China.
Officials have been determining any threat it poses and whether to blow it out of the sky, he added.
It Comes ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken 's visit to China.
The balloon was located over The Rural state of Montana on Wednesday, said The Pentagon .
US President Joe Biden has been briefed on The Situation , a senior defence official said.
He added that US military leaders, including Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin and General Mark Milley , The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, met on Wednesday to assess The Threat . Mr Austin was travelling to the Philippines at The Time .
The military commanders advised against taking " kinetic action" against the balloon because of the danger of debris falling to the ground.
The senior defence official said there was no " significantly enhanced threat" of US intelligence being compromised because US officials " know exactly where this balloon is and exactly where it's passing over".
He added that there was no threat to civilian aviation either because the balloon is " significantly" above the altitude used by commercial airlines.
The senior defence official said the US has raised The Matter with Chinese officials in their embassy in Washington Dc and in Beijing.
The object flew over Alaska's Aleutian Islands and through Canada before appearing over The City of Billings, Montana, on Wednesday, officials say.
During Thursday 's briefing at The Pentagon , officials declined to disclose the aircraft's current position. They also refused to provide more details of the object, including its size.
" There have been reports of pilots seeing this thing even though it's pretty high up in the sky, " a defence official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
" So you know, it's, it's sizable. "
The official added that similar balloons have appeared in The Skies over the US in The Past few years.
But the current balloon " is appearing to hang out for a longer period of time" and has been " more persistent" than previous spy crafts.
Secretary Blinken, The Top US diplomat, will be in Beijing next week to hold talks on a wide range of issues, including security, Taiwan, Covid-19, and foreign policy.
He will also meet Chinese President Xi Jinping , the newspaper reported on Thursday .
Source of news: bbc.com
