Cannon Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Cannon Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Cannon Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Jamestown Bay, 1.5 mi. SE of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | "This is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""O(strov) Pushki.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0433349609 |
Longitude: | -135.30027771 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Cannon Island: Cannon 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 Cannon Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(14.7 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(17.8 miles E) |