Alaska Gazetteer
Hydra Island is a physical feature (island) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Hydra Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 7 mi. ESE of Cape Kunmik, in Pacific Ocean, Aleutian Range. 0.5 mile long. |
| History: | "Name shown as ""O(strov) Gidra,"" or ""Hydra Island,"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and is shown as ""Zatschra Island"" on a manuscript Russian map of Kodiak (1849). An 1888 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) chart shows ""Hydra Island,"" apparently identical with ""Otter Island,"" shown on a 1900 US@C&GS chart." |
| Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.7425003052 |
| Longitude: | -157.016662598 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Hydra Island: Hydra Island.
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