Alaska Gazetteer
Scrub Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Scrub Island places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Scrub Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | Located on the west coast of Annette Island, in Port Chester, 1.1 km (0.7 mi) north-northeast of Metlakatla, Alexander Archipelago. |
| History: | Descriptive name given in 1883 by Lieutenant Commander H E Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN). A proposal to change the name Scrub Island to The Two Sisters was submitted by the NOS in May 1977; the proposal was rejected by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (USBGN) on 12 July 1979. |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.1411094666 |
| Longitude: | -131.567214966 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Scrub Island: Scrub 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 Scrub Island does not include property ownership information.
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Metlakatla, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Saxman, AK (12.3 miles N) |
Ketchikan, AK
(14.3 miles NNW) |
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Annette, AK
(5.6 miles S) Mountain Point, AK (10.7 miles N) |
Dairy, AK
(11.4 miles N) |
