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Chichagof Harbor is an inlet on the northeast coast of the island of Attu in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. [2] It is named after Russian Admiral and polar explorer Vasily Chichagov . It was the location of an Aleut village served by an American pastor and his wife.
The name Attu is the Unangan language (Aleut) name for the island. Research of the large number of archaeological sites on the island suggests an estimated precontact population ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 Unangan (Aleut). [6] Attu, being the nearest of the Aleutian Islands to Kamchatka, was the first of the islands exploited by Russian traders.
Loaf Island (52°50'N 173°12E) is a small satellite of Attu Island in the Near Islands group at the extreme western end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Loaf Island is situated in Massacre Bay on the southeast side of Attu. It was named by the U.S. Army during its occupation of Attu during World War II
Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such as an amusement park, a beach, and parking lots) from its satellite ...
Eareckson Air Station is located on the western tip of Alaska's Aleutian islands near the larger island of Attu, lying approximately 1,500 miles southwest of Anchorage. The airport lies on the south side of the 2-mile by 4-mile island and is 98 feet above mean sea level. Shemya Island has been the scene of two major earthquakes.
Kennon Island, off Attu Island, Alaska, U.S.A. Kennon Island (52°56N 173°15E) is a 0.3-mi-long satellite of Attu Island in the Near Islands group at the extreme western end of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. It is located 0.5 mi off the east side of Attu in Chichagof Bay.
Map of the western Aleutian Islands, showing the Near Islands on the left: Attu Island (1), Agattu Island (2), Alaid Island (3), Nizki Island (4), and Shemya Island (5). The Near Islands or Sasignan Islands (Aleut: Sasignan tanangin, [1] Russian: Ближние острова) are a group of American islands in the Aleutian Islands in southwestern Alaska, between the Russian Commander Islands ...
Attu Airport terminal. Casco Cove Coast Guard Station (IATA: ATU [2], ICAO: PAAT, FAA LID: ATU) was a military facility and private use airfield on Attu Island, one of the Aleutian Islands in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] Owned by the United States Coast Guard, [1] Casco Cove CGS is located 1,481 miles (2,383 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska.