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Massacre beach

Massacre beach from directly overhead

Massacre beach is a beach in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarana Beach, a beach 2.4 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1942

How to reach it

Coordinates52.85347, 173.21483

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
  • Engineer Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Terrible Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Vanderlann Peak: 2.9 mi
  • Henderson Ridge: 3.1 mi
  • Buffalo Head: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 19
  • Sarana Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Casco Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Alexai Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Big Mike Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Hidalgo Beach: 4.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • Northeast Bluff: 9.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Attu MountainWNW 286°897.9 m10.1 mi
Devils MountainW 277°788 m3.7 mi
Cold MountainNW 320°693 m4.1 mi
Terrible MountainW 274°692 m2.5 mi
Middle PeakNNE 28°648 m4.5 mi
Southwest PeakN 356°619 m4.0 mi
Newman PeakN 350°605 m3.8 mi
Matthews MountainE 96°595 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:3220:5421:39
June solstice07:0223:0023:57
September equinox09:1220:4421:29
December solstice10:3817:0818:13

Local time (America/Adak).

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station MASSACRE BAY, AK, 1 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/1272507216

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