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Austin Beach

Austin Beach from directly overhead

Austin Beach is a beach in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the south-southwest, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Vieth Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1942

How to reach it

Coordinates52.98481, 173.07286

53 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
  • Vieth Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Cupps Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Owens Ridge: 3.3 mi
  • Brannon Ridge: 3.7 mi
  • Buchanan Ridge: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 20
Historic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Northeast Bluff: 1.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Austin Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Attu MountainSSW 211°897.9 m7.4 mi
Devils MountainSSE 165°788 m8.9 mi
Cold MountainSSE 151°693 m6.7 mi
Terrible MountainSSE 159°692 m9.5 mi
Middle PeakESE 122°648 m9.5 mi
Southwest PeakSE 132°619 m7.6 mi
Newman PeakSE 135°605 m7.5 mi
Matthews MountainSE 132°595 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:3320:5421:40
June solstice07:0223:0123:58
September equinox09:1320:4521:30
December solstice10:3917:0718:13

Local time (America/Adak).

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Holtz Bay, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002729OpenStreetMap
  • National Register of Historic Places — Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu, reference 85002729, listed 02/04/85.

OpenStreetMap element way/1111548029

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