Alaska Gazetteer
Rynda Island is a physical feature (island) in Wrangell Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Rynda Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in mouth of Stikine River, 7 mi. NW of Wrangell, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Named in 1863 by surveyors from the Russian corvette Rynda for their ship in which they made surveys of Stikine River and vicinity under the command of Lieutenant Vladimir Basargin, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). The Russian Hydrographic Dept. published in 1867 a chart of the Stikine River as a result of this survey. |
| Borough: | Wrangell Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.5413894653 |
| Longitude: | -132.53805542 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Rynda Island: Rynda 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 Rynda Island does not include property ownership information.
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