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The Baby Islands are a group of small islands located about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) northeast of Unalga Island in the Fox Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of southwestern Alaska. The group consists of five islands ranging from 980 to 3280 feet (300 to 1000 m) long and several smaller islets.
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Gastineau Channel Historical Society [1] [2] [3] Heritage: National Register of Historic Places listed place Light; First lit: 1935 (current) Focal height: 86 feet (26 m) Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Range: 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) Characteristic: Fl W 10s. pbscured from 152° to 296°
The Upward Sun River site, or Xaasaa Na’, is a Late Pleistocene archaeological site associated with the Paleo-Arctic tradition, located in the Tanana River Valley, Alaska. Dated to around 11,500 BP, [1] Upward Sun River is the site of the oldest human remains discovered on the American side of Beringia. [2] The site was first discovered in 2006.
August 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM Shutterstock/EditingMaster An abandoned walrus calf was found on July 30th on a beach in Utqiagvik, a city in northern Alaska, the farthest-northern town in the ...
The Knik Site, (Dena'ina: K'enakatnu) also known as the Old Knik Townsite, is the location in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska that was once home to the largest settlement on Cook Inlet. The only surviving remnants of the community are a former log roadhouse, now a museum operated by the Wasilla-Knik Historical Society, and a log cabin.
After getting 30 minutes of daylight, the town of Utqiaġvik, Alaska – formerly known as Barrow – saw its final sunset of the year on Monday as it enters a "polar night." The sun won't return ...
From 1808 to 1818, Spruce Island was the hermitage of Herman of Alaska, later glorified as a saint and considered the patron saint of the Russian Orthodox Church, in the Americas. The island was referred to as New Valaam ( Russian : Ново-Валаамский ) by St. Herman, and is a site of pilgrimages by Orthodox Christians .