Akutan, Alaska

• Corps to fund new boat harbor for Akutan
  

  The Army Corps of Engineers recently awarded a $31.9 million contract to build the new Akutan boat harbor.

• Akutan says goodbye, Grumman Goose, Hello, airport to nowhere
  

  Alaska's small communities cannot escape the "nowhere" moniker. Construction is expected to begin this year on a $76 million airport and hovercraft for Akutan, a roadless Aleut island village of about 100 permanent residents and sometimes 900 seasonal workers served by a single nine-passenger seaplane flying a federally subsidized route twice a ...

• Feds will eradicate invasive mammals from islands
  

  In January, the service asked for comments on the removal of hoary marmots from Sud Island in the Barren Islands north of Kodiak, and European rabbits on Poa and Tangik islands east of Akutan.

• Alaska News Nightly: February 24, 2010
  

  Kodiak resident Rhonda Maker traveled to Washington, D.C for a rally critical of federal fishery policies.

• 2010 February 24
  

  The Parnell administration agrees with legislative consultants who say under certain conditions the state could lose money with a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to North American markets.

• Akutan to get new airport and hovercraft
  

  The Department of Transportation is planning to build an airport for Akutan and open it by the fall of 2012.

• DOT to Build New Airport for Akutan
  

  The Department of Transportation is planning to build an airport for Akutan and open it by the fall of 2012.

• $75 million airport project planned for Akutan
  

  The state Transportation Department is planning a new airport for the city of Akutan by the fall of 2012.

• Akutan planning geothermal program
  

  Aleutian island is an active volcano and home to major seafood plant, four-well program would delineate geothermal resources Eric Lidji For Petroleum News The city of Akutan is planning a four well geothermal exploration program this summer.

• The city of Akutan kicks off its geothermal drilling program
  

  Dr. Conrad Murray, the now infamous physician ,who was with Michael Jackson at the time of his death could soon felony charges.

City Description

Akutan (ACK-oo-tan) (Achan-ingiiga in Aleut) is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 713 at the 2000 census. Akutan is located at 54°8′42″N 165°48′5″W / 54.145°N 165.80139°W / 54.145; -165.80139 (54.13556, 165.77306) (Sec. 11, T070S, R112W, Seward Meridian). Akutan is located in the Aleutian Islands Recording District. Akutan is located on Akutan Island in the eastern Aleutians, one of the Krenitzin Islands in the Fox Islands group. It is 35 miles (56 km) east of Unalaska, and 766 air miles (1,233 km) southwest of Anchorage. Akutan lies in the maritime climate zone, resulting in mild winters and cool summers. Mean temperatures range from 22 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit (-6 to 13 degrees Celsius), and precipitation averages 28 inches (71 cm) per year. High winds and storms are frequent in the winter, and fog is common in the summer. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.9 square miles (48.9 km²), of which, 14.0 square miles (36.3 km²) of it is land and 4.9 square miles (12.6 km²) of it (25.69%) is water. Akutan began in 1878 as a fur storage and trading port for the Western Fur & Trading Company. The company's

City Contained By:

• Alaska
• United States of America
• Aleutians East Borough

City Contains:

• St. Alexander Nevsky Chapel

Timezones:

• Alaska Time Zone

Size:

• 48.9507752854 km squared

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