Polivnoi Rocks is a physical feature (area) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Polivnoi Rocks |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Area |
Description: | three rocks in Woewodski Harbor, on SE coast of Admiralty I., 26 mi. SE of Angoon, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Russian word meaning ""washed over (awash)"" given in 1838 by Captain Lieutenant D.F. Zarembo. Name applied to the larger of the three rocks in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1396; US@C&GS applied the name to all three rocks in 1891 coast Pilot (p. 142)." |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.1758346558 |
Longitude: | -134.253326416 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Polivnoi Rocks: Polivnoi Rocks.
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