Apple Islands is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Apple Islands places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Apple Islands |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Sitka Sound, 3 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.5 mile across. |
History: | "Named in Russian ""O(strova) Sryednyye,"" meaning ""middle islands,"" by I. Vasilief, 1809. They were called ""Os(trova) Yabloshnyye,"" meaning ""apple island"" in 1848 by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1397." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0688896179 |
Longitude: | -135.409729004 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Apple Islands: Apple Islands.
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 Apple Islands does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK (16.2 miles S) |