Alaska Gazetteer
Kochu Island is a physical feature (island) in Haines Borough. The primary coordinates for Kochu Island places it within the AK 99827 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Kochu Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Chilkat Inlet, 1.6 mi. S of Letnikof Cove, on Chilkat Peninsula, 22 mi. SSW of Skagway, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Name published by Russian Hydrographic Dept. (1848, inset dated 1838, Chart 1396) as ""O(shov) Kochu or Kochu Island."" The island was called Ventosa Island in 1869 by Commander Meade, U.S. Navy (USN); the Tlingit Indian name was said to be Gla-huts (1883 Coast Pilot, p. 167). Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map), however, reported the name as Jacklanissa." |
| Borough: | Haines Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.1466674805 |
| Longitude: | -135.395004272 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Kochu Island: Kochu 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 Kochu Island does not include property ownership information.
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Mud Bay, AK
(1.4 miles NE) Haines, AK (6 miles NNW) |
Lutak, AK
(14.7 miles NNW) |
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Port Chilkoot, AK
(6 miles NNW) Tanani, AK (8.7 miles NNW) |
