Alaska Gazetteer
Raspberry Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Raspberry Island places it within the 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Raspberry Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | between Afognak and Kodiak Islands. |
| History: | "U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1868 derived Raspberry by translation of part of the name ""Os(trov) Malinovoy ili Syvernoy,"" meaning ""Raspberry or North Island."" This name was given by Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1839 or 1840, and published by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1849 on Chart 1425. This island was shown as (North Island"" by Captain Lisianski (1814, p. 169), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and ""O(strov) Bolshoy Malinovoy,"" meaning ""Big Raspberry Island,"" in Tebenkov (1852, map 22). The Ussian American Company in 1849 published the name ""Os(trov) Bol(shoy) Malinovsoky (Yukuk),"" meaning ""Big Raspberry (Yukuk) Island.""" |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.0672225952 |
| Longitude: | -153.181945801 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Raspberry Island: Raspberry 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 Raspberry Island does not include property ownership information.
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Aleneva, AK
(10 miles E) |
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(17.7 miles SE) |
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Port Wakefield, AK
(4.9 miles ESE) |
Afognak, AK
(15.5 miles ESE) |
