Alaska Gazetteer
Whale Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Whale Island places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Whale Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | between Kupreanof Strait and Marmot Bay, N of Kodiak I.; Kodiak Islands. 15 square miles in size. |
| History: | "called ""Os(trov) Govorushechiy ili Kitoy,"" meaning ""Kittiwake (red-legged seagull, Rissa brevirostris), or Whale Island,"" by Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. was reported to be the local name for this feature in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.9524993896 |
| Longitude: | -152.791946411 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Whale Island: Whale 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 Whale Island does not include property ownership information.
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Port Lions, AK
(6.7 miles SSW) Aleneva, AK (8.5 miles NNW) Ouzinkie, AK (10.9 miles E) Kodiak Station, AK (14.2 miles SSE) |
Kodiak, AK
(18 miles SE) Mill Bay, AK (18.6 miles ESE) Womens Bay, AK (19.3 miles SSE) |
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Aleut Village, AK
(4.5 miles NNE) Afognak, AK (4.9 miles NNE) Port Wakefield, AK (11.7 miles NW) Duck Village, AK (14 miles NE) |
