Japanese Peace Monument
Japanese Peace Monument is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 192 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the west, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Engineer Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
1943 battle in the Pacific theatre of World War II
Wikidata Q700572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1942
How to reach it
52 named places within 25 miles
- Engineer Hill: 0.0 mi
- Cold Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Newman Peak: 1.8 mi
- Southwest Peak: 2.1 mi
- Buffalo Head: 2.2 mi
- Massacre beach: 2.5 mi
- Sarana Beach: 3.5 mi
- West Beach: 3.7 mi
- Casco Beach: 4.4 mi
- Red Beach: 5.4 mi
- US Coast Guard USCG-1600: 6.7 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 7.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Japanese Peace Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attu Mountain | W 274° | 897.9 m | 8.5 mi |
| Devils Mountain | SW 235° | 788 m | 2.9 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NW 307° | 693 m | 1.7 mi |
| Terrible Mountain | SSW 211° | 692 m | 2.3 mi |
| Middle Peak | ENE 61° | 648 m | 3.9 mi |
| Southwest Peak | NNE 29° | 619 m | 2.1 mi |
| Newman Peak | NNE 22° | 605 m | 1.8 mi |
| Matthews Mountain | ESE 114° | 595 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 09:32 | 20:54 | 21:39 |
| June solstice | 07:02 | 23:00 | 23:57 |
| September equinox | 09:13 | 20:44 | 21:30 |
| December solstice | 10:38 | 17:07 | 18:13 |
Local time (America/Adak).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002729OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu, reference 85002729, listed 02/04/85.
OpenStreetMap element node/3684733193
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