Humpback Rock is a physical feature (island) in Kodiak Island Borough. The primary coordinates for Humpback Rock places it within the AK 99615 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Humpback Rock |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Chiniak Bay, 9 mi. SE of Kodiak, Kodiak I. |
History: | "A translation of the transliterated name ""Horboon"" (from ""gorbun""), given to this feature in 1804 by Captain Lisianski (1814, p. 142), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Called ""Kamen Gorbun Morskoy,"" meaning ""humpback sea rock,"" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 16), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and ""The Humpback"" or ""Sugarloaf Rock"" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1869." |
Borough: | Kodiak Island Borough |
Latitude: | 57.7080574036 |
Longitude: | -152.24861145 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Humpback Rock: Humpback Rock.
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 Humpback Rock does not include property ownership information.
Chiniak, AK
(5.8 miles SSE) Kodiak, AK (8.1 miles NW) Mill Bay, AK (8.4 miles NNW) |
Kodiak Station, AK
(13.8 miles WNW) Womens Bay, AK (15.6 miles W) Ouzinkie, AK (17.6 miles NNW) |
Aleksashkina, AK (6.4 miles NW) |