Alaska Gazetteer
Augustine Island is a physical feature (island) in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Augustine Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | Located in Kamishak Bay, 70 mi. SW of Homer; Aleutian Range. 32.4 square miles in size. |
| History: | "Formed by Augustine Volcano, it was discovered and named ""Saint Augustine Island"" in 1778 by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy. Late 18th century charts referred to it as ""Mount Saint Augustine."" Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 5), Imperial Russian Navy, called it ""O(strov) Chernoburoy,"" which was derived from the Russian words ""chernyy,"" meaning ""black,"" and ""buryy,"" meaning ""brown."" Reported in 1867 as ""Blackbrown Island"" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS)." |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.36277771 |
| Longitude: | -153.430557251 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Augustine Island: Augustine 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 Augustine Island does not include property ownership information.
