Gavan Hill is a physical feature (summit) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Gavan Hill places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Gavan Hill |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | 2 mi. NE of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 1.5 miles long. |
History: | "Russian name meaning ""harbor"" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Gora Gavanskaya (Harbor Mountain).""" |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0850868225 |
Longitude: | -135.307144165 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Gavan Hill: Gavan Hill.
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 Gavan Hill does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(17.5 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(17.8 miles E) |