Little Gavanski Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Little Gavanski Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Little Gavanski Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Gavanski Is., 6 mi. NW of Sitka; Alex. Arch. |
History: | "U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) derived this name about 1882 from translation of part of ""Ostrov Gavanskoy Menshoy,"" meaning ""smaller harbor island""; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); originally given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.1266670227 |
Longitude: | -135.429168701 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Little Gavanski Island: Little Gavanski 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 Little Gavanski Island does not include property ownership information.