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1953 Map of Attu

Name: 1953 Topographic Map of Attu
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1959
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1959

About this map

Attu Island and its neighbors in the Near Islands group appear here as surveyed in the decade following the World War II Aleutian Islands campaign. This document, compiled from earlier Army Map Service studies, provides a detailed record of the island's coastline from the westernmost Cape Wrangell to the eastern Chirikof Point. The island's geography is defined by the sharp peaks of the Wrangell Range and notable summits like Attu Mountain and Snowy Peak.

To the south, Agattu Island is depicted with its complex shoreline featuring Armeria Bay and Otkrit Bay. The eastern portion of the sheet covers the Semichi Islands, including Shemya Island and Nizki Island. The map records a landscape largely managed by the Aleutian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, capturing the post-war topography of these strategic outposts before modern environmental changes.