Bamdoroshni Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Bamdoroshni Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Bamdoroshni Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Galankin Is., off W coast of Baranof I., 1.7 mi. S of Sitka; Alex. Arch. 0.3 mile wide. |
History: | "named in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Bamdoroshnoy"" or ""Bamdoroshnoy Island."" Kostrometinoff, U.S. court interpreter of Sitka in 1900, this name is derived from ""podorozhnyy,"" meaning ""on the road"" or ""journey.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0266685486 |
Longitude: | -135.332229614 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Bamdoroshni Island: Bamdoroshni 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 Bamdoroshni Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(13.3 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(19.3 miles ENE) |