Cape Air Force Base also known as Fort Glenn Army Air Base, is a site significant for its role in World War II fighting, operating alongside Naval Air Facility Otter Point.
Cape Field, later Fort Glenn Army Air Base, was secretly built at Otter Point on Umnak Island in 1942.
Personnel tents at Fort Glenn Army Air Base, May 1942
11th Fighter Squadron P-40 Warhawks at Fort Glenn AAB, June 1942
36th Bombardment Squadron LB-30 Liberator and a Boeing B-17E Fortress (41-9126) at Fort Glenn AAB, June 1942
Umnak is one of the Fox Islands of the Aleutian Islands. With 686.01 square miles (1,776.76 km2) of land area, it is the third largest island in the Aleutian archipelago and the 19th largest island in the United States. The island is home to a large volcanic caldera on Mount Okmok and the only field of geysers in Alaska. It is separated from Unalaska Island by Umnak Pass. In 2000, Umnak was permanently inhabited by only 39 people and by 2010, around 18, placing the settlement of Nikolski in difficulty and its school was closed.
May 2014 NASA satellite photograph of Umnak
Umnak, Bogoslof, and Unalaska Islands as seen from the Bering Sea looking south. Unalaska Island is on the left, Bogoslof Island is in the center, and Umnak Island is on the right.
Highest point, Mount Vsevidof
Okmok caldera on Umnak
