Barometer Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Barometer Mountain places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Barometer Mountain |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | 6 mi. SW of Kodiak, on NE coast of Kodiak I. |
History: | "Descripive name given in 1867 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) as ""the behavior of fog and clouds on the mountain is said to foretell the weather."" This feature was called in Russian ""Gora Ostraya,"" meaning ""steep mountain,"" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 16), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) and Skotnik"" meaning ""cow-keeper"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
Latitude: | 57.7543373108 |
Longitude: | -152.548477173 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Barometer Mountain: Barometer Mountain.
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 Barometer Mountain does not include property ownership information.
Kodiak Station, AK
(2.4 miles NW) Kodiak, AK (5.8 miles ENE) Womens Bay, AK (6.7 miles SW) Mill Bay, AK (8.3 miles ENE) |
Ouzinkie, AK
(11.8 miles N) Port Lions, AK (14.5 miles WNW) Chiniak, AK (16 miles ESE) |
Aleksashkina, AK
(7.4 miles ENE) Aleut Village, AK (19.9 miles NNW) |