Alaska Gazetteer
Galankin Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Galankin Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Galankin Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 1.2 mi S of Sitka, off the W cost of Baranof Island, Alex. Arch. 0.8 mile long. |
| History: | "Named in 1850 by Captain M. D. Tevenkov (1852, map 38), who published it as ""O[strov] Galankin""; name derived from ""galanka,"" meaning ""brick stove."" In 1809 the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first named it ""Ostrov Peschanyy,"" meaning ""sandy island""; it was published as such by Sarichev (1826, map 19). In 1880 capt. L. A. Beardslee, U.S. Navy (USN), named it ""Thompson Island"" for Richard Wigginton Thompson, 1809-1900, Secretary of the Navy under President Hayes in 1877-1880." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.0311126709 |
| Longitude: | -135.326660156 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Galankin Island: Galankin 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 Galankin Island does not include property ownership information.
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Goddard, AK
(13.7 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(19 miles ENE) |
