Alaska Gazetteer
Blossom Island is a physical feature (summit) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Blossom Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | between Blossom and Hayden Glaciers, 35 mi. NNW of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.; |
| History: | So named by personnel of the joint National Geographic Society-U.S. Geological Survey Expedition to Mount St. Elias, in 1890, because the nunatak, surrounded by ice, was covered by a dense growth of flowers (Russell, 1891, p. 114). |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.0053024292 |
| Longitude: | -140.119186401 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Blossom Island: Blossom Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Blossom Island does not include property ownership information.
