Vitskari Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Vitskari Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Vitskari Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Sitka Sound, 8.5 mi. SW of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I.; Alex. Arch. |
History: | "named in 1809 by the Russian navigator, Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Vitskary,"" or ""Vitskary Island."" Kostrometinoff, United States court interpreter at Sitka, this means ""Captain Witz's chastisement"" (Baker, 1906, p. 661). this feature was called ""Middle Islands"" by Captain U. T. Lisianski, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0005569458 |
Longitude: | -135.542770386 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Vitskari Island: Vitskari 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 Vitskari Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK (13.1 miles SSE) |