Alaska Gazetteer
Kohl Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Kohl Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | off S coast of Agattu I., 2.6 mi. W of Cape Sabak, Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "This island was named ""for Mr. Kohl, a partner in the firm of Hutchinson, Kohl & Co., of San Francisco, which bought the vessels and other property of the Russian American Company in 1867 and organized the Alaska Commercial Company."" The name was proposed to Board on Geographic Names (BGN) as ""Kuhl"" in 1938 by U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office and was approved as ""Kohl"" the same year. The name was published in 1944 Aleutian Coast Pilot, (p. 135)." |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 52.3486099243 |
| Longitude: | 173.653060913 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kohl Island: Kohl 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 Kohl Island does not include property ownership information.
