Alaska Gazetteer
Chetlechak Island is a physical feature (island) in Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Chetlechak Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Yukon River, 5 mi. N of Fort Hamlin, 42 mi. NE of Rampart, Yukon Flats. 3 miles long. |
| History: | "Local name published in the 1950's by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 1898 by Captain W. R. Abercrombie, USA, who spelled it ""Chestalena."" This is the same stream that Lieutenant H. T. Allen (1887, map), USA, called in 1885 ""Liebigstag,"" for a local Indian chief (p. 58). Mendenhall (1905, p. 21), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), says that this latter name still had limited use as late as 1902." |
| Borough: | Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 65.9725036621 |
| Longitude: | -149.259719849 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Chetlechak Island: Chetlechak 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 Chetlechak Island does not include property ownership information.
