Gain Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Gain Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | at entrance to Gambier Bay, 60 mi. NE of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 1 mile long. |
History: | Named in 1889 by Lieutenant Commander H. B. Mansfield, U.S. Navy (USN); name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 144). |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 57.4552764893 |
Longitude: | -133.92250061 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Gain Island: Gain 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 Gain Island does not include property ownership information.
Entrance Island, AK (18.2 miles E) |