Alaska Gazetteer
Sumdum Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sumdum Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Endicott Arm, 8 mi. SE of Harbor I., and 54 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Tlingit Indian name published as ""Soundon"" in 1869 by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office; the island was called ""Sumdum Island"" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 168). Locally, it was known as ""Fox Island"" because of a fox ranch there." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.7044448853 |
| Longitude: | -133.460006714 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sumdum Island: Sumdum 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 Sumdum Island does not include property ownership information.
