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AMCHITKA

Map of the North Pacific showing the location of Amchitka island, the last of the Aleutian string of islands. Graphic GP/Munday

Amchitka is an Island off the tip of the Aleutian Island chain in the North Pacific, 2,900 miles off the coast of Alaska. In the 60's the US carried out a series of nuclear weapons tests beneath the island.