Alaska Gazetteer
Vasilief Bank is a physical feature (bar) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Vasilief Bank places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Vasilief Bank |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | at N entrance to Redboubt Bay, 7 mi. SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch |
| History: | "Named ""Podrodnaya banka Vasileva,"" meaning ""Vasilev's submerged bank,"" in 1809 by the Russians; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), RIN. It was probably named for the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who made surveys in this vicinity in 1809." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.9541664124 |
| Longitude: | -135.430831909 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Vasilief Bank: Vasilief Bank.
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 Vasilief Bank does not include property ownership information.
| Goddard, AK (8.5 miles SSE) |
