Big Gavanski Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Big Gavanski Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Big Gavanski Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Gavanski Is., 6.5 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Named ""Ostrov Gavanskoy Bolshoy,"" meaning ""big harbor island""; in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.1355552673 |
Longitude: | -135.42388916 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Big Gavanski Island: Big Gavanski 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 Big Gavanski Island does not include property ownership information.