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Rocky Point Monument

Rocky Point Monument from directly overhead

Rocky Point Monument is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Ragged Jack stands 2,470 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is WWII Ruin, a historic site 4.1 miles away. Alaska's Marine Highway passes 8.1 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription: Rocky Point

Getting there

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Coordinates54.97103, -163.44257

8.1 mi off the Alaska's Marine Highway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

WWII Ruin: 4.1 mi
WWII Ruin: 4.2 mi
WWII Ruin: 4.2 mi
WWII Military Area: 5.8 mi
Gun Mount: 6.3 mi

Peaks11

Traders Mountain: 5.7 mi
Sentinel Peak: 11.1 mi
Roundtop Mountain: 13.2 mi
Kenmore Head: 16.3 mi
Ragged Jack: 18.1 mi

Hot springs1

False Pass Hot Springs Site: 9.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Ragged Jack	SW 219°	2,470 m	18.1 mi
Roundtop Mountain	SSW 207°	1,871 m	13.2 mi
North Walrus Peak	E 88°	893 m	23.4 mi
South Walrus Peak	E 89°	892 m	23.6 mi
Morzhovoi Volcano	E 83°	822 m	24.5 mi
Ikatok Peak	SSE 147°	599 m	20.6 mi
Traders Mountain	ESE 119°	564 m	5.7 mi
Dora Peak	SSE 151°	550 m	20.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	08:56	20:20	21:08
June solstice	06:15	22:36	23:37
September equinox	08:40	20:06	20:54
December solstice	10:18	16:14	17:28

Local time (America/Nome).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/540965921

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