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Chatham Island in Kenai Peninsula Borough AK

Chatham Island, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Chatham Island is a physical feature (island) in Kenai Peninsula Borough.

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Feature Name:	Chatham Island
Category:	Alaska physical, cultural and historic features
Feature Type:	Physical
Class:	Island
Description:	at entrance to Port Chatham on Kenai Peninsula 16 mi. S of Seldovia, Chugach Mts. 500 feet long.
History:	"Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1908 for Port Chatham. The island was named ""El Sombrero"", meaning ""the hat,"" on an unpublished Spanish map by Don Ignacio Arteaga, Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, and Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1779."
Borough:	Kenai Peninsula Borough
Latitude:	59.2097206116
Longitude:	-151.776107788

Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Chatham Island: Chatham Island.

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Nearby Cities, Towns & CDPs

Port Graham, AK (10 miles N)
Nanwalek, AK (11.4 miles NNW)

Seldovia, AK (16 miles N)
Seldovia Village, AK (19.1 miles NNE)

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Jakolof Bay, AK (18.9 miles NNE)