Alaska Gazetteer
Sullivan Island is a physical feature (island) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Sullivan Island places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Sullivan Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | off W shore of Lynn Canal, 2.5 mi. SW of Chilkat Island and 53 mi. NW of Juneau, St. Elias Mts. |
| History: | "Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1869 for the master of the American Schooner Louisa Downs, which was wrecked on the island in 1867. The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 196). The Tlingit Indian name for this island is ""Schikuk"" (Krause, 1885, p. 253)." |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 58.9724998474 |
| Longitude: | -135.326950073 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sullivan Island: Sullivan 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 Sullivan Island does not include property ownership information.
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Mud Bay, AK
(13.1 miles N) |
Haines, AK
(18.2 miles NNW) |
| Port Chilkoot, AK (18.2 miles NNW) |
