Alaska Gazetteer
Near Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Near Island places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Near Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Saint Paul Harbor, 0.5 mi. S of Kodiak, Kodiak I. |
| History: | "The name ""Ostrov Blizkiy,"" or ""Close Island"" was recorded in 1805 by Lisianski (1814, map facing p. 169). The Russian word ""pogibshiy"" meaning ""perishing"" was applied to this island by Dall (in Emerson and others, 1904, p. 52)." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.7819442749 |
| Longitude: | -152.399993896 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Near Island: Near 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 Near Island does not include property ownership information.
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Kodiak, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Mill Bay, AK (3.1 miles NE) Kodiak Station, AK (7.4 miles W) Ouzinkie, AK (10.5 miles NNW) |
Womens Bay, AK
(12.1 miles SW) Chiniak, AK (13.1 miles SE) Port Lions, AK (18.7 miles WNW) |
| Aleksashkina, AK (1.4 miles E) |
