Alaska Gazetteer
Saint Matthew Island is a physical feature (island) in Bethel (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Saint Matthew Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Bering Sea, 162 mi. SW of Nome; St. Matthew Island. |
| History: | "according to the Reverend Coxe (1787, map facing p. 223) this island was discovered and named by Lieutenant Sind (Synd) in August 1766. map showed it as ""I. Apost. Matthei"" which is probably a translation from the Russian meaning ""Island (of the) Apostle Matthew"" probably implying the island was sighted on or near St. Matthew's day. September 23, 1778 and erroneously though ""it was wholly unknown to the Russians; and therefore, considering it as a discovery of our own, I named it Gore's Island,"" for Lieutenant John Gore, Royal Navy (RN), of his party. it O(strov) Sv(yataya) Matvyya (Sarichev, 8126, map 3, Tebenkov, 1852, map 3) which has been translated into English in its present form." |
| Borough: | Bethel (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.4086112976 |
| Longitude: | -172.720001221 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Saint Matthew Island: Saint Matthew Island.
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