Stop Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Stop Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Portage Bay, 16 mi. NW of Petersburg, on N coast of Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "So named in 1882 by Lieutenant Commander H. E. Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), ""because there is an extensive mud flat and shoal water beyond this island.""" |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 56.9524993896 |
Longitude: | -133.287216187 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Stop Island: Stop 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 Stop Island does not include property ownership information.
Kupreanof, AK
(15 miles SE) |
Petersburg, AK
(16 miles SE) |
Doyhof, AK
(16.5 miles SE) |
Scow Bay, AK
(17.6 miles SE) |