Alaska Gazetteer
Green Island is a physical feature (island) in Chugach Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Green Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | 8 miles long. Montague Strait, 22 mi. E of Chenega, Chugach Mts. |
| History: | "Descriptive name given by Captain James Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 364), Royal Navy (RN) on May 18, 1778, who said ""being entirely free from snow, and covered with wood and verdure, on this account they were called Green Islands."" This feature was called ""Os(trov) Nikolay,"" meaning ""Nicholas Island"" by Sarichev (1826, map5)." |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.2636108398 |
| Longitude: | -147.41305542 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Green Island: Green 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 Green Island does not include property ownership information.
| Oceanic, AK (14.5 miles WSW) |
