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Cape Kalekhta and Priest Rock Priest Rock and Cape Kalekhta. Cape Kalekhta (also Cape Kalekta and Igognak) is a headland on the northeast coast of Unalaska Island in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The cape is approximately 500 feet (150 m) in height. It is the turning point when bound from any of the Fox Islands Passes to Dutch Harbor or Iliuliuk.
Pinnacle Rock is surrounded by reefs, awash and under water, for a distance of 300 yards (270 m). Between Pinnacle Rock and a point opposite the entrance to Dutch Harbor the east shore is lined with rocks, and should not be approached closer than 4 miles (6.4 km).
Dutch Harbor is located within the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, more precisely on Amaknak Island in the Fox Islands. A mile-long spit extending from the northeast end of Amaknak Island makes Dutch Harbor a natural port, protecting ships from the waves and currents of the Bering Sea, although winds off the Bering Sea have tossed shipments from ...
Voters approved a Proposition 2 1/2 override to pay $96,000 to fund the final design of the Lakes and Ponds Area Collection System and Pumping Station Project and another to pay $9 million for the ...
This iconic landmark of the Dutch Harbor area is set in Unalaska Bay as the high point of Amaknak Island of the Aleutian Islands. [5] Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,650 feet (503 meters) above tidewater in approximately 0.3 miles (0.48 km). The Aleutian World War II National Historic Area is located on the mountain.
A sunken rock is just outside the Outer Signal. Old Man is a small, square-topped rock, about 60 feet high, lying about 1 mile northwest from Egg Island. There is a low, round-topped rock close to the Old Man. Old Man stands out well clear from Egg Island and, in thick weather, serves as an excellent mark by which to recognize Egg Island.
The Church of the Holy Ascension is located in Unalaska, a community of about 4,000 on the north side of Unalaska Island, the largest of the western Aleutian Islands.It stands roughly midway on a peninsula dividing the Ililiuk River and Ililiuk Bay, west of the main part of the community.
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