Japonski Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Japonski Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Japonski Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | 0.5 mi. W of Sitka, in Sitka Sound;Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Russian anme meaning ""Japanese Island"" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Yaponskoy."" given because there were some shipwrected Japanese sailors living there at the time." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0522232056 |
Longitude: | -135.36000061 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Japonski Island: Japonski 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 Japonski Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(15 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(20 miles E) |