Alaska Gazetteer
Otmeloi Island is a physical feature (island) in Yakutat Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Otmeloi Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | in Yakutat Bay, 0.2 mi. N of Kriwoi I. and 6.5 mi. NE of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain. |
| History: | "So named ""O(strov) Otmyloy,"" meaning ""reef (or shoal) island"" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), because of a shoal extending off the island for nearly a mile. It was called ""Shoals Island"" in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 209)." |
| Borough: | Yakutat Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.6386108398 |
| Longitude: | -139.658050537 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Otmeloi Island: Otmeloi 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 Otmeloi Island does not include property ownership information.
| Situk, AK (14.5 miles SSE) |
