Middleton Island is a small , uninhabited island in the U.S. state of Alaska , located in the Pacific Ocean approximately southwest of Cordova . The island was briefly home to Middleton Island Air Force Station , an early warning radar station , from 1958 until the station 's closure in 1963 . During the 1964 Alaska earthquake the island was raised an additional above sea level . The island now hosts the unattended Middleton Island Airport and a NEXRAD weather radar
1964 Alaska earthquake
1964 Alaska earthquake
Middleton Island