Guard Islands is a physical feature (island) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Guard Islands places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Guard Islands |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | two, larger of which is 600 ft. long, NW of Gravina I., between Clarence Strait and Tongass Narrows, Alex. Arch. |
History: | Named about 1880 by local navigators; reported by US@C&GS. |
Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
Latitude: | 55.4461097717 |
Longitude: | -131.878890991 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Guard Islands: Guard Islands.
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 Guard Islands does not include property ownership information.
Ketchikan, AK
(11.6 miles SE) Saxman, AK (14.2 miles SE) |
Loring, AK
(14.4 miles NE) |
Port Higgins, AK
(2.4 miles E) Clover Pass, AK (3.9 miles ENE) |
Mud Bay, AK
(4.7 miles ESE) |