Alaska Gazetteer
Porpoise Rocks is a physical feature (bar) in Chugach Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Porpoise Rocks |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bar |
| Description: | near Hinchinbrook I., at W entrance to Port Etches, 35 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts. |
| History: | Name published in 1869 Coast Pilot (p. 156). They were called Ostrova Ptichi, meaning bird islands, in 1830 by the Russian pilot Ivan Chernovo. The rocks were called Los Negritos, i.e. the black ones on an anonymous 1779 Spanish plano. |
| Borough: | Chugach Borough |
| Latitude: | 60.3191680908 |
| Longitude: | -146.682785034 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Porpoise Rocks: Porpoise Rocks.
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 Porpoise Rocks does not include property ownership information.
| Boswell Bay, AK (19.6 miles ENE) |
