Heceta Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Heceta Island places it within the 99921 ZIP Code delivery area.
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Feature Name: | Heceta Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | between Iphigenia Bay and Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS, for Don Bruno Heceta, a Spaniard, who explored and surveyed in this vicinity in 1775 (Bancroft, 1886, p. 197). |
Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 55.7644462585 |
Longitude: | -133.531951904 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Heceta Island: Heceta 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 Heceta Island does not include property ownership information.
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