the westernmost of Near Islands, the farthest W of Aleutian Islands. 37 miles long. 344.7 square miles in size.
Attu, although possibly seen by one or both of the 1741 expedition ships from a great distance, was officially discovered and called "Saint Theodore" by Captain A. I. Chirikov in the spring of 1742 (Bancroft, 1886, p. 93). The first landing on the island appears to have been in 1745 by a party of promyshlenniki led by Mikhail Nevodchikov. The Aleut name of the island was early transcribed by the Russians as "Ostrov Attu"; spelled "Atakou" by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 502), Royal Navy (RN).
Attu Mountain, Cupps Hill, Faneto Hill, Martinez Mountain, Taylor Peak, Vanderlann Peak, Weston Mountains, Young Hill,
Abraham-Temnac Pass, Etienne Pass, Holtz Sarana Pass, Jarmin Pass, Kaufman Pass,
Fishhook Ridge, Fleishman Ridge, Gilbert Ridge, Hopkins Ridge, McNew Hill, Moore Ridge, North Ridge, Owens Ridge, Pierucci Ridge, Prendergat Ridge, Theodore Ridge, Vieth Ridge,
Abraham Bay, Auburn Cove, Austin Cove, Blonde Cove, Brunette Cove, Earle Cove, East Arm Nevidiskov Bay, Nevidiskov Bay, Steller Cove, Temnac Bay, West Arm Nevidiskov Bay,
Beaches:Austin Beach, Birch Beach, Center Beach, Elliot Beach, Elliott Beach, Kearney Beach, Smith Beach, Sonom Beach, Temnac Beach,
Capes:Chuniksak Point, Krasni Point, Sanders Cape, Theodore Point,
Cliffs:Dischler Escarpment, Northeast Bluff, Red Head,
Streams:Hills:Bottle Cork Hill, Franklin Hill, Lookout Hill,
Islands:Lakes:Earle Lake, Twin Lakes, Williams Lake, Winter Lake,
Mountains:Attu Mountain, Black Mountain, Cupps Hill, Faneto Hill, Martinez Mountain, Weston Mountains, Young Hill,
Mountain Passes:Abraham-Temnac Pass, Austin Pass, Etienne Pass, Kaufman Pass, North Pass, South Pass,
Ridges:Brannon Ridge, Buchanan Ridge, Discher Escarpment, Fleishman Ridge, Henderson Ridge, Henderson Ridge, Owens Ridge, Theodore Ridge, Vieth Ridge,
Rivers:Abraham River, Earle River, East Fork Steller River, Little Abraham River, Nevidiskov River, Steller River, Temnac River,
Streams:Aboud Creek, Addison Creek, Angel Creek, Ballentine Creek, Chuniksak Creek, George Creek, Hardy Creek, Hoelsher Creek, Kaufman Creek, Kent Creek, Lefler Creek, Nevidiskov Creek, Rocky Point Creek,
Valleys:Abraham Valley, East Steller Valley, Scout Canyon, Temnac Valley, West Steller Valley,
Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings
Northern Fulmar, Red Phalarope, Cackling Goose, Ancient Murrelet, Common Eider, Common Murre, Short-tailed Shearwater, Tufted Puffin, Glaucous-winged Gull, Snow Bunting, Black-legged Kittiwake, Mottled Petrel, Lapland Longspur, Harlequin Duck, Laysan Albatross, Green-winged Teal, Wood Sandpiper, Pelagic Cormorant, Crested Auklet, Northern Pintail, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Pigeon Guillemot, Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Brambling, Hoary Redpoll, Bar-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Aleutian Tern, Tufted Duck, Rustic Bunting, Ruddy Turnstone, Horned Puffin, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Red-faced Cormorant, Olive-backed Pipit, Least Auklet, Song Sparrow, Pacific Golden-Plover, Kittlitz's Murrelet, Red-breasted Merganser, Greater Scaup, Pacific Swift, Long-toed Stint, Eyebrowed Thrush, Pectoral Sandpiper, Marbled Murrelet, Common Raven, Rock Ptarmigan, Black-tailed Godwit, Black Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Arctic Tern, Siberian Rubythroat, Common Snipe, Bufflehead, Rock Sandpiper, Thick-billed Murre, Pacific Wren, American Wigeon, King Eider, Terek Sandpiper, Emperor Goose, Red-throated Loon, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Red-necked Phalarope, Pomarine Jaeger, Northern Shoveler, Whooper Swan, Common Merganser, Common Sandpiper, White-winged Scoter, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Hawfinch, Steller's Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Sandhill Crane, Temminck's Stint, Long-tailed Jaeger, Gray-tailed Tattler, Pechora Pipit, Common Redpoll, Smew, Common Loon, Grey-spotted Flycatcher, Red-necked Stint, Long-billed Dowitcher, White Wagtail, Common Rosefinch, Tundra Bean Goose, Lesser Sand Plover, Parasitic Jaeger, Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, Yellow-billed Loon, Snowy Owl, Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler, Whimbrel, Arctic Warbler, Falcated Teal, Common Pochard, Barrow's Goldeneye, Red-necked Grebe, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Leach's Storm-petrel, Peregrine Falcon, Eurasian Skylark, Taiga Flycatcher, Red-throated Pipit, Greater White-fronted Goose, Bean Goose, Garganey, Horned Grebe, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Greenshank, Red-legged Kittiwake, Herring Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Grey Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit, Oriental Greenfinch, Snow Goose, Stejneger's Scoter, Common Cuckoo, Ruff, Western Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Cassin's Auklet, Parakeet Auklet, Glaucous Gull, Arctic Loon, Pacific Loon, Short-tailed Albatross, White-tailed Eagle, Short-eared Owl, Kamchatka Leaf Warbler, Siberian Flycatcher, Bohemian Waxwing, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Baikal Teal, Gadwall, Canvasback, Spectacled Eider, Rock Pigeon, Oriental Turtle-dove, Oriental Cuckoo, White-throated Needletail, Black Oystercatcher, Black-bellied Plover, Common Ringed Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Far Eastern Curlew, Great Knot, Red Knot, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling, Baird's Sandpiper, Little Stint, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Short-billed Dowitcher, Green Sandpiper, Lesser Yellowlegs, Oriental Pratincole, Whiskered Auklet, Sabine's Gull, Ross's Gull, Black-tailed Gull, Common Gull, White-winged Tern, Black-footed Albatross, Yellow Bittern, Great Egret, Osprey, Northern Harrier, Bald Eagle, Steller's Sea Eagle, Rough-legged Hawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Eurasian Kestrel, Merlin, Eurasian Hobby, Brown Shrike, Lanceolated Warbler, Bank Swallow, Barn Swallow, Dusky Warbler, Gray-cheeked Thrush, American Robin, Dusky Thrush, Siberian Blue Robin, Bluethroat, Red-flanked Bluetail, Narcissus Flycatcher, Northern Wheatear, Pine Grosbeak, Bullfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Pine Bunting, Yellow-throated Bunting, Reed Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Little Bunting, Fox Sparrow, Golden-crowned Sparrow, Yellow-rumped Warbler