Argonne Island

Argonne Island
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Aleutian Islands
Geographical location	51 ° 48 '16 "  N , 176 ° 47' 16"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 48 '16 "  N , 176 ° 47' 16"  W.
length	1.1 km
Residents	uninhabited

Argonne Island is a small uninhabited island of the Andreanof Islands , which belong to the Aleutian Islands . The island lies between Staten and Dora , north of Adak .

The name of the island comes from the research ship USS Argonne , which entered the island in 1933 as part of an Aleutian expedition.

Web links

• Argonne Island in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey