Alaska Gazetteer
Blodgett Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Blodgett Island places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Blodgett Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Womens Bay, 5.5 mi. SW of Kodiak, Kodiak I.; 800 feet long. |
| History: | "Named in 1940 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Perl D. Blodgett, 1855-1920(?), who came to Kodiak from Vermont about 1883. Blodgett was one of the early bluefox ranchers. He built a cannery on Kodiak Island in 1911 and ran a small steam launch for hunting sea otter between the islands which earned him the title of ""Captain"" Blodgett." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.7211112976 |
| Longitude: | -152.493057251 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Blodgett Island: Blodgett 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 Blodgett Island does not include property ownership information.
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Kodiak Station, AK
(5.3 miles NW) Kodiak, AK (5.6 miles NNE) Womens Bay, AK (7 miles WSW) Mill Bay, AK (8.3 miles NE) |
Chiniak, AK
(13.1 miles ESE) Ouzinkie, AK (14 miles N) Port Lions, AK (17.6 miles NW) |
| Aleksashkina, AK (6.6 miles NE) |
