Skin Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Skin Island places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Skin Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Clarence Strait near entrance to Cholmondeley Sound, on E coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Name published in the 1869 Coast Pilot (p. 79). Published in 1853 as ""O(strov) Shkin"" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1493; probably named by early traders (Baker, 1906, p. 580)." |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 55.2986106873 |
Longitude: | -132.07611084 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Skin Island: Skin 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 Skin Island does not include property ownership information.
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