Alaska Gazetteer
Junction Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
Sorry, no local resorces for this location!
| Feature Name: | Junction Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in central Lisianski Inlet, on NW coast of Chichagof I., 4 mi. NW of Pelican, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Descriptive name given by US@C&GS in 1908 and published in the 1908 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 169). So named because it is near the junction of Lisianski with Lisianski Strait. The local name was Bill Island, named for superintendent of the Dundas Bay Company in 1908. |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.9966659546 |
| Longitude: | -136.315826416 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Junction Island: Junction 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 Junction Island does not include property ownership information.
|
Pelican, AK
(4.1 miles SE) |
Elfin Cove, AK
(13.7 miles N) |
| Sunnyside, AK (2.4 miles ESE) |
