Sail Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Sail Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Stephens Passage, 5 mi. NE of The Brothers and 66 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Named ""Ship Island"" by Lieutenant Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), and published in 1869 on Hydrographic Chart 225. The name, ""Sail Island,"" was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 143)." |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.3480987549 |
Longitude: | -133.721206665 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sail Island: Sail 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 Sail Island does not include property ownership information.
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