Shaiak Island is a physical feature (island) in Dillingham (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Shaiak Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | 0.4 mi. E of mainland, in Bristol Bay, 4.6 mi. S of Slug Mtn. and 22 mi. W of Hagemeister I. |
History: | "Native name published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Os(strov) Morzhevoi (Russian for 'Walrus Island') Shayak."" Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 4), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), showed ""O(strov) Shayak."" The Shaiak spelling is due to the transliteration table used by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) in the 1890's." |
Borough: | Dillingham (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 58.5586128235 |
Longitude: | -161.665557861 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Shaiak Island: Shaiak 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 Shaiak Island does not include property ownership information.
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