Alaska Gazetteer
Beehive Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Beehive Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Beehive Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | at mouth of Nakwasina Sound, 9.5 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Descriptive name given in 1880, by M. Baker, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), because of its resemblance, as seen from the west, to the shape of a conventional straw beehive. The name was published in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 152). |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.1863899231 |
| Longitude: | -135.432785034 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Beehive Island: Beehive 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 Beehive Island does not include property ownership information.
