Alaska Gazetteer
Signal Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Signal Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Signal Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Western Channel, Sitka Sound, 2 mi. W of Sitka; 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; reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Mayachnoy.""" |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0463905334 |
| Longitude: | -135.390274048 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Signal Island: Signal 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 Signal Island does not include property ownership information.
| Goddard, AK (14.6 miles S) |
