Sheep Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Sheep Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Sheep Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Galankin Is., 1.5 mi. S of Sitka, off W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "This is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Baraney.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0299987793 |
Longitude: | -135.332504272 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sheep Island: Sheep 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 Sheep Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(13.5 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(19.3 miles ENE) |