Puffin Island is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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Feature Name: | Puffin Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | on E side of Glacier Bay, 14 mi. N of Strawberry I., St. Elias Mts. |
History: | "So named in 1948 by Board on Geographic Names (BGN) ""because it is a nesting place for puffins""; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1940 proposed the name ""Cliff Island"" because of the bold cliff on the north shore." |
Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
Latitude: | 58.7286109924 |
Longitude: | -135.999725342 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Puffin Island: Puffin 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 Puffin Island does not include property ownership information.
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