Alaska Gazetteer
Gravina Island is a physical feature (island) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Gravina Island places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Gravina Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Clarence Strait, between Revillagigedo and Prince of Wales Is., Alex. Arch. 21 miles long and 9.5 miles wide. |
| History: | This island is the northernmost of the group named in 1792 by Don Jacinto Caamano; this name was formally applied to this island in 1793 by Captain George Vancouver, Royal Navy (RN). It was without doubt named for Federico Gravina, the prominent Spanish naval officer of the day (Wagner, 1937,p. 390). |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.3038902283 |
| Longitude: | -131.786392212 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Gravina Island: Gravina 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 Gravina Island does not include property ownership information.
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Ketchikan, AK
(6.1 miles ENE) Saxman, AK (7.6 miles E) |
Metlakatla, AK
(14.7 miles SE) |
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Carlanna, AK
(5.5 miles NE) Shoreline Drive, AK (5.5 miles NNE) |
Peninsula Point, AK
(5.8 miles NNE) |
