Kayak Islands is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Kayak Islands places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Kayak Islands |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | Located in Sitka Sound, Galankin Islands, 3.2 km (2 mi) S of Sitka, Alex. Arch. |
History: | "Named in 1809 by Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the First, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); an Eskimo name for a small skin boat, published as ""O(strova) Kaya,"" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN)." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0241775513 |
Longitude: | -135.356750488 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kayak Islands: Kayak 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 Kayak Islands does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK (13.1 miles S) |