Alaska Gazetteer
Sarichef Island is a physical feature (island) in Nome (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Sarichef Island places it within the 99772 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Sarichef Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | at mouth of Shishmaref Inlet, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. |
| History: | "Named in 1816 by Lieutenant Otto von Kotzebue (1821, p. 204), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who wrote ""I called the narrow island after our worthy vice-admiral, Saritscheff (sic),"" Vice Admiral Gavrila Andreevich Sarichev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 66.244720459 |
| Longitude: | -166.106948853 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sarichef Island: Sarichef 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 Sarichef Island does not include property ownership information.
