Alaska Gazetteer
Pennock Island is a physical feature (island) in Ketchikan Gateway Borough. The primary coordinates for Pennock Island places it within the AK 99901 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Pennock Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | between Gravina and Revillagigedo Is., divides Tongass Narrows into its East and West Channels, Alex. Arch. |
| History: | Named about 1895 by Captain W. E. George, a local pilot, for Homer Pennock, a prospector who took a group of prospectors to the Cook Inlet area about 1900-1903. See Homer. |
| Borough: | Ketchikan Gateway Borough |
| Latitude: | 55.3197212219 |
| Longitude: | -131.628051758 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pennock Island: Pennock 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 Pennock Island does not include property ownership information.
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Saxman, AK
(1.4 miles E) Ketchikan, AK (1.9 miles NNW) |
Metlakatla, AK
(13.3 miles S) Loring, AK (19.5 miles N) |
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Pennock Island, AK
(< 0.1 mile) Dairy, AK (2.7 miles ESE) |
Carlanna, AK
(3.4 miles NW) Herring Cove, AK (4.1 miles E) |
