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US Coast Guard USCG-1600

US Coast Guard USCG-1600 from directly overhead

US Coast Guard USCG-1600 is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 108 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sonom Beach, a beach 1.2 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

A Miracle at Attu: The Rescue of CG-1600 Paperback – September 9, 2016 by Bill Peterson (Author), Mike Wallace (Contributor)

What the record says

Inscription
Name Rating Duty Station Date Canfield, B. S. AT3 AIRSTA Kodiak, AK 7/30/1982 Berryhill, S. D. SN AIRSTA Kodiak, AK 7/30/1982

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates52.79265, 173.13326

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
  • Lookout Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Terrible Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Devils Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Henderson Ridge: 4.8 mi
  • Martinez Mountain: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 20
  • Sonom Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Casco Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Temnac Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Massacre beach: 5.4 mi
  • Alexai Beach: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Northeast Bluff: 13.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of US Coast Guard USCG-1600. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Attu MountainNW 318°897.9 m9.4 mi
Devils MountainN 357°788 m4.7 mi
Cold MountainN 6°693 m7.4 mi
Terrible MountainNNE 12°692 m4.5 mi
Middle PeakNNE 34°648 m9.9 mi
Southwest PeakNNE 21°619 m8.8 mi
Newman PeakNNE 19°605 m8.4 mi
Matthews MountainENE 66°595 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:3320:5421:39
June solstice07:0323:0023:57
September equinox09:1320:4521:30
December solstice10:3817:0818:14

Local time (America/Adak).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5877725124

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