Alaska Gazetteer
Middle Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Middle Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Middle Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Sitka Sound, 5.5 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex, Arch. |
| History: | "This is an 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of the name given in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; reported by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as ""Os(trov) Sredney."" The name ""Ostrov Yabloshny,"" meaning ""apple island,"" was published for this island in 1848 by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1397." |
| Borough: | Sitka Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.1019439697 |
| Longitude: | -135.450271606 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Middle Island: Middle 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 Middle Island does not include property ownership information.
| Goddard, AK (18.7 miles S) |
