Fire Island, Anchorage

USA / Alaska / Point MacKenzie /

The only island within the Municipality of Anchorage. (5.5 miles long)

Used by the Army during WWII as a submarine observation point.
In September 1951, the U.S. Air Force 626th Airborne Control and Warning Squadron was established on the island at a base on its southern end called Fire Island AFS.
Fire Island AFS closed in 1969, leaving the FAA as the sole user of the island. The FAA site stayed open until 1980.

Now owned by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., with access by permission only.
Chugach electric has plans to install 33 windmills on the island with a combined output of 100Mw.

More info: www.alsap.org/FireIsland/FireIsland.htm
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Coordinates:   61°8'57"N   150°13'20"W
This article was last modified 17 years ago