Alaska Gazetteer
Sealers Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sealers Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in the Muir Inlet, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 1 mi. S of Nunatak Cove, 64 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias, Mts. |
| History: | Named by members of the American Geographical Society of 1941 (Field, 1947, pl. 1), because in 1926 B. S. Wood and W. O. Field found a seal blind built by the Indians on the island. The name of this island was published as Muir Island by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 8306 in 1942. |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.9594459534 |
| Longitude: | -136.122772217 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sealers Island: Sealers 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 Sealers Island does not include property ownership information.
