Sedanka Island is a physical feature (island) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Sedanka Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Fox Islands., off NE coast of Unalaska I.; Aleutian Islands. |
History: | "in 1792 Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), recorded ""O(strov) Spirkin."" ""Sithanak,"" which Marcus Baker recorded ""Siginak,"" and R. H. Geoghegan spelled ""Siginaq,"" meaning ""braided"" or ""curled."" Between 1824 and 1834 Father Veniaminov and Captain Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), used the names ""Borka"" and ""Spirkin"" or ""Spirkine."" (1906, p. 133) published ""Biorka,"" which he reported as being from the ""Norwegan Bjerk O, or Swedish Bjork O, meaning Birch Island.""" |
Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 53.7833328247 |
Longitude: | -166.191390991 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Sedanka Island: Sedanka 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 Sedanka Island does not include property ownership information.
Biorka, AK
(3.1 miles NNW) |
Dutch Harbor, AK
(16.1 miles WNW) |