Catherine Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough.
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Feature Name: | Catherine Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | Located off the northeast coast of Baranof Island, 22.5 km (14 mi) north of Baranof, Alexander Archipelago. 10 miles long. |
History: | Named in 1935 byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)for Catherine I (Martha Skavronskaya), 1684-1727, Empress and Tsarina of Russia, 1725-27, who financed and encouraged Vitus Bering in his early explorations of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska. |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.3761100769 |
Longitude: | -134.895828247 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Catherine Island: Catherine 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 Catherine Island does not include property ownership information.
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