Boidarkin Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Boidarkin Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Boidarkin Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Kutchuma Is., 3 mi. S of Sitka, off W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.; |
History: | "Russian name meaning ""skin boat,"" given in 1809 by navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Boydarkin."" This is derived from ""baydarka,"" meaning ""chiton,"" a name used by the Russians for the Aleut skin boats." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0108337402 |
Longitude: | -135.309997559 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Boidarkin Island: Boidarkin 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 Boidarkin Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(12.4 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(18.8 miles ENE) |