Alaska Gazetteer
Fire Island is a physical feature (island) in Anchorage Borough. The primary coordinates for Fire Island places it within the AK 99502 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Fire Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in head of Cook Inlet, 9 mi. SW of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low. 5.5 miles long. |
| History: | "Name published in 1895 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Named ""turnagain Island"" on April 20, 1794, by Captain George Vancouver (Wagner, 1937, p. 521). The Tanaina Indian name was published in 1847 as ""Ostrov Mushukhli"" or ""Mushukhli Island"" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378." |
| Borough: | Anchorage Borough |
| Latitude: | 61.1594429016 |
| Longitude: | -150.198608398 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fire Island: Fire 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 Fire Island does not include property ownership information.
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Anchorage, AK
(10.8 miles ENE) |
Point MacKenzie, AK
(15.7 miles NNE) |
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Turnagain Heights, AK
(9 miles ENE) |
Lingo, AK
(9.8 miles ENE) |
