Alaska Gazetteer
Reshimosti Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Reshimosti Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Reshimosti Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Whiting Harbor, in Sitka Sound, 1.2 mi. SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Russian name meaning ""determination,"" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Reshitosti."" U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in transliterating the name, erroneously kept the Russian ""t"" which appears as an English ""m.""" |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0447235107 |
| Longitude: | -135.036117554 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Reshimosti Island: Reshimosti 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 Reshimosti Island does not include property ownership information.
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(19.3 miles SW) |
