Alaska Gazetteer
Navy Island is a physical feature (island) in Lake and Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Navy Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | smallest and most southerly of three islands east of Port Wrangell, in the Pacific Ocean, 22 mi. SE of Mount Chiginagak; Aleutian Range |
| History: | "Named ""Ostrov Morskoi,"" i.e. ""sea island,"" by Ensign Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1832. This name was translated by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) as ""Navy Island"" probably intentionally changing the meaning somewhat. Lutke (1836, p. 274) called it ""Ile du Large.""" |
| Borough: | Lake and Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.9927787781 |
| Longitude: | -156.457229614 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Navy Island: Navy 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 Navy Island does not include property ownership information.
