Tanker Island is a physical feature (island) in Chugach Borough.
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Feature Name: | Tanker Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | among the Wooded Islands, 75 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts. |
History: | "So named by the 1928 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party because of the island's ""likeness to an oil tanker when viewed from the southwest.""" |
Borough: | Chugach Borough |
Latitude: | 59.8736114502 |
Longitude: | -147.375274658 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tanker Island: Tanker 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 Tanker Island does not include property ownership information.