Tin City Long Range Radar Station Tram System
USA /
Alaska /
Wales /
World
/ USA
/ Alaska
/ Wales
World
military, aerial tramway/ ropeway/ gondola lift/ skilift / cable car station (transport in the air)
The primary means of personnel and parts transport between the radar site and the main camp, particularly during the Winter when roads are impassable, this open-basket tram runs for 7,200ft and rises 2,200ft over its run making it the longest of its type in North America.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 65°34'9"N 167°59'39"W
- Former Tin City Air Force Station 2.1 km
- Port Clarence, AK LORAN Coast Guard Station 62 km
- Former Northeast Cape Air Force Station 253 km
- Ureliki 278 km
- Cape Romanzof Air Force Station 431 km
- Cape Romanzof Airfield (CZF) 432 km
- Military airfield Uelkal Alaska-Siberia route 521 km
- Cape Newenham Air Force Station (Site) 828 km
- Fort Morrow/Port Heiden Air Force Station (Site) 1076 km
- Port Moller Airport (PAAL / 1AK3) 1136 km
- Lopp Lagoon 20 km
- Ikpek Lagoon 57 km
- Bering Strait 65 km
- Port Clarence Bay 73 km
- Grantley Harbor 89 km
- Shishmaref Inlet 118 km
- Imuruk Basin 119 km
- Imuruk Lake 221 km
- Imuruk Lake Volcano 221 km
- Golovnin Lagoon 251 km
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