Amchitka Island

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island nuclear weapons test site

Amchitka Island is a remote island in Alaska’s Aleutian chain best known as a former U.S. nuclear weapons testing site during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amchitka Island canonical 1
Amchitka Pass 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
nuclear weapons test site ⓘ
access restricted ⓘ
administeredBy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ⓘ
archipelago Aleutian Islands ⓘ
associatedOrganization Greenpeace ⓘ
climate maritime subarctic climate ⓘ
ColdWarRole U.S. nuclear weapons development ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse wildlife refuge ⓘ
environmentalConcern radioactive contamination risk ⓘ
environmentalMonitoring radiological surveys conducted ⓘ
firstNuclearTestDate 1965-10-29 ⓘ
formerInfrastructure military facilities ⓘ
runways ⓘ
formerUse World War II military base ⓘ
geology volcanic island ⓘ
historicalSignificance site of early environmental activism against nuclear testing ⓘ
length about 42 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Aleutian Islands ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
militaryUse airfields constructed during World War II ⓘ
nearbyGeologicFeature Aleutian Trench ⓘ
notableEvent largest underground U.S. nuclear test in 1971 ⓘ
nuclearTest Cannikin ⓘ
Long Shot ⓘ
Milrow ⓘ
ocean Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Pacific Ocean
partOf Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
Rat Islands ⓘ
population 0 permanent residents ⓘ
region Aleutians West Census Area ⓘ
secondNuclearTestDate 1969-10-02 ⓘ
seismicActivity earthquake-prone region ⓘ
sovereignState United States of America ⓘ
status uninhabited ⓘ
strategicImportance Cold War military operations ⓘ
testType underground nuclear detonation ⓘ
thirdNuclearTestDate 1971-11-06 ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
usedBy Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Department of Defense

United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
usedFor underground nuclear testing ⓘ
width up to 4 miles ⓘ
wildlife marine mammal habitat ⓘ
seabird habitat ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aleutian Islands → hasMajorIsland → Amchitka Island ⓘ
Andreanof Islands → westernBoundary → Amchitka Island ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amchitka Pass