Alaska Gazetteer
Jarvis Island is a physical feature (island) in Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for Jarvis Island places it within the 99921 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Jarvis Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | near entrance to Twelvemile Arm Kasaan Bay, on E coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Named for Lieutenant Daniel Henry Jarvis, U.S. Revenue-Cutter Service (USRCS), commander of the revenue cutter Bear, who conducted an overland expedition for the relief of the whalin g fleet imprisoned by the ice in the vicinity of Point Barrow in 1897-1898; published in 1910 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). |
| Borough: | Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.506942749 |
| Longitude: | -132.549163818 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Jarvis Island: Jarvis 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 Jarvis Island does not include property ownership information.
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