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Kodiak Island

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Kodiak Island
An island of southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska east of the Alaska Peninsula. Discovered in 1763, the island was the site of the first permanent Russian settlement in the area (1784).
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Noun1.Kodiak IslandKodiak Island - an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784
AK, Alaska, Last Frontier - a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union; "Alaska is the largest state in the United States"


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Award-winning author Tim Palmer shares the adventures of his nine-month road trip from Baja to Kodiak Island in his new book Pacific High (Island Press/Shearwater Books, $28.
``Staffs of regulatory agencies need to be filled with people who know something about launch vehicles,'' said Pat Ladner, executive director of Alaska Aerospace Development, which is pushing the development of a launch facility at Kodiak Island.
The author includes a brief discussion of Alex's heritage and Russian influences on Kodiak Island.
 
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