Alaska Gazetteer
Zaimka Island is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Zaimka Island places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Zaimka Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in mouth of Womens Bay, 5 mi. SW of Kodiak, Kodiak I. 0.4 mile long. |
| History: | "Local Russian name meaning ""meadow"" reported by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1940. Called ""Os(trov) Utesistoy"" meaning ""Rocky Island"" by Sarivhev (1826, map 16). Baker (1906, p. 187) translated this name as ""Cliff Island"" which U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) misapplied the to this island in 1910. This error was corrected in 1940 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). See Cliff Island." |
| Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.7299995422 |
| Longitude: | -152.466659546 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Zaimka Island: Zaimka 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 Zaimka Island does not include property ownership information.
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Kodiak, AK
(4.7 miles NNE) Kodiak Station, AK (5.8 miles WNW) Mill Bay, AK (7.2 miles NE) Womens Bay, AK (8.2 miles WSW) |
Chiniak, AK
(12.5 miles ESE) Ouzinkie, AK (13.5 miles N) Port Lions, AK (18 miles WNW) |
| Aleksashkina, AK (5.3 miles NE) |
