Broad Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough.
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Feature Name: | Broad Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Peril Strait, off N tip of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Local name published about 1880 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). This island was named ""Ostrov Poperechnyy,"" meaning ""transverse island,"" in 1833 by the Russian pilot Ensign Vasiliev." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.5866661072 |
Longitude: | -135.38722229 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Broad Island: Broad 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 Broad Island does not include property ownership information.
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