Alaska Gazetteer
Sanak Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians East Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Sanak Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | largest of Sanak Is., 37 mi. SE of False Pass, Aleutian Range |
| History: | "Aleut name published by G. A. Sarichev (1826, map 3) as ""Os(trov) Sannakh"" or ""Sannakh Island."" The name ""Halibut"" was given to this island by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy (RN), (1785, v. 2, p. 416-17) because his crew caught more than 100 halibut weighing from 20 to 100 pounds each, off the coast in 1778. The island was called ""Islas des Piles"" meaning ""island of fish"" by Don Dionisoi A. Galiano (1802, Atlas Chart 3). The name was shortened to Sanak by the U.S. Post Office Department in 1919 when it established a post office at Sanak village." |
| Borough: | Aleutians East Borough |
| Latitude: | 54.4297218323 |
| Longitude: | -162.708892822 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sanak Island: Sanak 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 Sanak Island does not include property ownership information.
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Pauloff Harbor, AK
(1.9 miles N) |
Sanak, AK
(5.5 miles NW) |
