Alaska Gazetteer
Tanaga Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Tanaga Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | one of Andreanof Islands.; Aleutian Islands. 204 square miles in size. |
| History: | "Aleut name published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Tanaga,"" or ""Tanaga Island."" Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Taniaga"" and by Grewingk (1850, p. 230) as ""Takawangha.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 51.7927780151 |
| Longitude: | -177.928604126 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Tanaga Island: Tanaga 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 Tanaga Island does not include property ownership information.
