Reshimosti Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Reshimosti Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Reshimosti Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Whiting Harbor, in Sitka Sound, 1.2 mi. SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Russian name meaning ""determination,"" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Reshitosti."" U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in transliterating the name, erroneously kept the Russian ""t"" which appears as an English ""m.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0447235107 |
Longitude: | -135.036117554 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Reshimosti Island: Reshimosti 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 Reshimosti Island does not include property ownership information.
Baranof, AK
(8.2 miles ENE) |
Goddard, AK
(19.3 miles SW) |