Fort Yukon Long Range Radar Site
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First called Fort Yukon AFS and operational by April 1958, some of the original radar equipment included FPS-3, FPS-20, FPS-6, FPS-93A, and FPS-90 systems. An AN/FPS-117 minimally attended radar was installed in the summer of 1984.
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Coordinates: 66°33'39"N 145°12'33"W
- Brunt Mountain 99 km
- Former POW-1 DEW Line Radar Site 583 km
- North Salt Lagoon 699 km
- PIN-Main Radar Site 926 km
- Former PIN-3 DEW Line Radar Site 1361 km
- Cape Hawaii 1388 km
- Former PIN-4 DEW Line Radar Site 1524 km
- Former CAM-Main DEW Line Radar Site 1675 km
- Former CAM-2 DEW Line Radar Site 1971 km
- Former CAM-C DEW Line Radar Site & Airfield 2064 km
- Old John Lake 168 km
- Vuntut national Park. 299 km
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) 300 km
- Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1002 Area 369 km
- Demarcation Bay 381 km
- Barter Island 400 km
- Herschel Island – Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park 422 km
- Mackenzie Bay 440 km
- Olivier Islands 476 km
- Garry Island 511 km