Alaska Gazetteer
Hog Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Hog Island places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Hog Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 3 mi. E of Afognak, between Afognak and Kodiak I. 0.4 mile long. |
| History: | Name reported in 1900 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), commander of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross, who made surveys and investigations in this area from 1897 to 1901. This island was called (Ostrov) Shayak or Shayak Island by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.0044441223 |
| Longitude: | -152.685272217 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Hog Island: Hog 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 Hog Island does not include property ownership information.
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Ouzinkie, AK
(8.8 miles SE) Aleneva, AK (9.1 miles WNW) Port Lions, AK (11.9 miles SW) |
Kodiak Station, AK
(16.2 miles S) Mill Bay, AK (17.8 miles SE) Kodiak, AK (18 miles SE) |
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Afognak, AK
(3.1 miles WNW) Aleut Village, AK (3.1 miles WNW) Duck Village, AK (8.8 miles NE) |
Port Wakefield, AK
(13.8 miles WNW) Aleksashkina, AK (19.7 miles SE) |
