Alaska Gazetteer
Woody Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Woody Island places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Woody Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Chiniak Bay, 2.6 mi. E of Kodiak; Kodiak I. 2.7 miles long. 5 square miles in size. |
| History: | "translation of the descriptive name ""Os(trov) Lysnoy given in 1804 by Lisianski (1814, p. 169). p. 51), stated ""it is believed that the Russians were using it (Woody Island) as an agricultural colony as early as 1792 * * *."" They also noted that the Russian American Ice Co. (Kodiak Ice Co. after 1867) imported horses (the first in Alaska) to Woody Island and built a road (the first in Alaska) around the island. building flourished both at Kodiak and Woody Island during the late 1800's"" (p. 50). established the ""Wood Island"" Post Office, but it was discontinued in 1895." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.7847213745 |
| Longitude: | -152.328613281 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Woody Island: Woody 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 Woody Island does not include property ownership information.
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Mill Bay, AK
(2.4 miles NNW) Kodiak, AK (3.1 miles W) Kodiak Station, AK (10.1 miles W) |
Ouzinkie, AK
(11.5 miles NNW) Chiniak, AK (11.8 miles SSE) Womens Bay, AK (14.4 miles WSW) |
| Aleksashkina, AK (1.4 miles WSW) |
