Pinnacle Island is a physical feature (island) in Bethel (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Pinnacle Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Bering sea, 10 mi. S of St. Matthew I. |
History: | "Named by Capt. Cook (1785, p. 491) RN, on September 23, 1778 who wrote ""a small island, whose elevated summit terminates in several pinnacle rocks."" Capt. Lutke (1836, p. 342), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), translated this to ""Ile de Tours (towers)"" or Ile des Fleches (spires)."" The Russians transliterated the name to O(strov) Pyenikl (Sarichev, 1826, map 3) and O(strov) Pinekl (Tebenkov, 1852, map 20)." |
Borough: | Bethel (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 60.2033348083 |
Longitude: | -172.75944519 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pinnacle Island: Pinnacle 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 Pinnacle Island does not include property ownership information.