Information About

Red Head

Quick Facts

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Location

52 ° 59' 33" N,
172 ° 54' 13" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Atka

Red Head in Detail.

About

On the W end of Steller Cove, on the N coast of Attu Island, Aleutian Islands.

History

Descriptive name given by the North Pacific Expedition in 1855. This feature is reported as being "readily identified even in fog because of its distinctive reddish color" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1944, p134).