Alaska Gazetteer
Coronation Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Coronation Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | between Chatham and Sumner Straits, Alex. Arch. 10 miles long. |
| History: | "Named by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN), on September 22, 1793, in honor of ""the anniversary of the coronation of George III"" (Wagner, 1937, p.382). Captain Vancouver (1798, v.2, p.423) wrote, ""the day of our passing it having been the anniversary of that happy event."" The name was transliterated into Russian as ""Ostrov Koronotsii"" by Captain M.D. Tebenkov (1852, map 9)." |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.8794441223 |
| Longitude: | -134.246109009 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Coronation Island: Coronation 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 Coronation Island does not include property ownership information.
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