Hazy Islands is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Hazy Islands |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | extend in Christian Sound, 9 mi. W of Coronation I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "According to Wagner (1937, p. 391), ""It is uncertain who named them, but no doubt it was George Dixon, who passed the June 28, 1787. The name was adopted by Vancouver * * *."" Called ""Las Hermanas,"" meaning ""the sisters,"" by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1779; ""Isles de la Croyere,"" meaning ""The Croyere Islands,"" by Perouse in 1786; ""Los Hermanos,"" meaning ""the brothers,"" by Galiano (1802, map 3); ""O(strova) Tumannoi,"" meaning ""foggy islands,"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 9), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 55.8761100769 |
Longitude: | -134.592224121 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Hazy Islands: Hazy Islands.
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