Alaska Gazetteer
Sledge Island is a physical feature (island) in Nome (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sledge Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Bering Sea, 5 mi. off S coast of Seward Peninsula, 25 mi. W of Nome; |
| History: | "Named August 5, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 441), RN: ""We found, a little way from the shore where we landed, a sledge, which occassioned this name being given to the island."" According to Martin Sauer the Eskimo name is ""Ayak."" Captain Beechey (1831, p. 291-292), Royal Navy (RN), noted: ""it is singular that this island, which was named Sledge Island by Captain Cook, from the circumstances of one of these implements being found upon it, should be called by a word signifying the same thing in Esquimaux language.""" |
| Borough: | Nome (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 64.4850006104 |
| Longitude: | -166.203338623 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sledge Island: Sledge 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 Sledge Island does not include property ownership information.
