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Cold Bay Airport

Cold Bay Airport from directly overhead

Cold Bay Airport is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Frosty Peak stands 1,920 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Gun Mount, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 0.5 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Cold Bay Airport State of Alaska Department of Public Works Division of Aviation http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cdmg13/id/17494/rec/1
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Coordinates55.20357, -162.72057
Around it

72 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 48
  • Gun Mount: 0.5 mi
  • WWII: 0.6 mi
  • Old Wooden Dock Ruin: 0.7 mi
  • World War II Antenna Area: 0.7 mi
  • WWII Antenna Area: 0.8 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Mount Baldy: 2.8 mi
  • Frosty Peak: 10.3 mi
  • Morzhovoi Volcano: 14.0 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 15.8 mi
  • North Walrus Peak: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Raft Reggata: 2.2 mi
  • Pavlof Shislandin Overlook: 2.5 mi
  • S.S Courtney Ford 1901: 10.5 mi
Parks: 2
  • Haanĝux̂: 9.5 mi
  • Anvil Mountain: 17.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Kaslokan Point: 10.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Haanĝux̂ Cold Bay Hot Springs: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Galagatax̂ Ridge: 17.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Dutton Spring Water: 18.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frosty PeakSSW1,920 m10.3 mi
Mount DuttonE1,473 m17.3 mi
North Walrus PeakSSW893 m16.3 mi
South Walrus PeakSSW892 m16.4 mi
Morzhovoi VolcanoSSW822 m14.0 mi
Aghileen PinnaclesE649 m20.8 mi
Amak VolcanoNW513 m22.4 mi
Mount BaldyWSW282 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox08:5320:1721:05
June solstice06:1122:3423:36
September equinox08:3720:0320:51
December solstice10:1616:0817:23

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283030354147525348413531
Precip in3.43.23.02.72.62.72.53.74.54.95.04.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cold BAY AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5240428320

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