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The high point of the island is 1,221 meter Anvil Peak, a double-peaked cone that forms much of the island's northern part. The three-peaked, 774-meter high Mount Young (formerly named Mount Cerberus) is a volcano within the caldera. Each of the peaks contains a summit crater; lava flows on the northern flank of Mt. Young appear more recent ...
Pochnoi Point, Semisopochnoi Island, Alaska – easternmost point in all U.S. territory by Peacock Point, Wake Island 19°16′13.2″N 166°39′26.3″E / 19.270333°N 166.657306°E / 19.270333; 166.657306 ( Peacock Point, Wake Island ) – first sunrise (at equinox ) in all U.S.
Pochnoi Point [5] on Semisopochnoi Island in the Aleutian Islands By direction: 52°55′20″N 172°26′35″E / 52.92222°N 172.44306°E / 52.92222; 172.44306 ( AK-W Peaked I
However, if the border between east and west is defined by the 180th meridian, the westernmost point is the West Point of Amatignak Island, as Attu Island is in the Eastern Hemisphere Easternmost point — Nordostrundingen , Greenland 81°26′25″N 11°29′22″W / 81.44028°N 11.48944°W / 81.44028; -11.48944 ( Nordostrundingen
[c] [b] The second table below ranks the 100 most prominent summits of Alaska. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. [d] The third table below ranks the 50 most isolated major summits of Alaska.
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).
The United States Geological Survey wrote in a social media post that the earthquake occurred 106 kilometers (65.8 miles) south of Sand Point, Alaska, at 10:48 p.m. Saturday.
Located north of the Arctic Circle, [7] it is one of the northernmost cities and towns in the world and the northernmost in the United States, with nearby Point Barrow as the country's northernmost point. Utqiagvik's population was 4,927 at the 2020 census, an increase from 4,212 in 2010. [8] It is the 12th-most populated city in Alaska.