Alaska Gazetteer
Fish Egg Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Fish Egg Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 1 mi. N of Ballena Is., between Klawak Inlet and San Alberto Bay, on W coast of Prince of Wales I., NW of Craig, Alex. Arch. 1.8 miles long. |
| History: | "Named in 1897 by Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN). This island was given the Spanish name ""La Ballena"" meaning ""the whale"" by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle. H. E. Nichol, U.S. Navy (USN), published the name ""Egg"" for this island and ""Fish Egg Islets"" for Balandra and the Ballena Islands. (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1891, p. 121). Baker (1906, p. 257) says ""Moser, 1897, uses the name ""Fish Egg"" for a much larger island about a mile north of these (Balandra I., Ballena Is.) * * * Moser's name is here adopted for the island and the islets near it.""" |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.4922218323 |
| Longitude: | -133.170272827 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fish Egg Island: Fish Egg 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 Fish Egg Island does not include property ownership information.
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Craig, AK
(1.4 miles SE) |
Klawock, AK
(5.1 miles NE) |
| Waterfall, AK (13.8 miles SSW) |
