Crosswise Islands is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Crosswise Islands places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Crosswise Islands |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | at mouth of Nakwasina Sound, 9 mi. N of Sitka, NW 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 frist, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Ostrov Poperechnoy.""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.1819458008 |
Longitude: | -135.423614502 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Crosswise Islands: Crosswise 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 Crosswise Islands does not include property ownership information.