Kiska Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Kiska Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | one of Rat Islands.; Aleutian Islands. 107.2 square miles in size. |
History: | "Aleut name used by the early Russians. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), cites W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), as giving the meaning as ""gut,"" but Geoghegan (1944, p. 144) gives the word ""angig"" with that meaning. seen by Vitus Bering on October 25, 1741 (Old Style (O.S.) calendar), and named by him ""St. Markiana (St. Makarius)."" with Bering's ""St. Stephen """ |
Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 51.9641685486 |
Longitude: | 177.460006714 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kiska Island: Kiska 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 Kiska Island does not include property ownership information.