Alaska Gazetteer
Lester Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Lester Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | southern most of the Beardslee Is., in Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named in 1942 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Rear Admiral Lester Anthony Beardslee, 1836-1903, who as commander of the U. S. S. Jamestown, surveyed various Alaskan coves and harbors in 1879-1880, and who is supposed to have been the first to apply the name ""glacier Bay.""" |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.4680557251 |
| Longitude: | -135.904998779 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Lester Island: Lester 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 Lester Island does not include property ownership information.
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