Alaska Gazetteer
Fox Island is a physical feature (island) in Kenai Peninsula Borough. The primary coordinates for Fox Island places it within the AK 99664 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Fox Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | Located west of Resurrection Peninsula, between Eldorado Narrows and Resurrection Bay, 4 km (2.5 mi) north-northwest of Cape Resurrection, 14 miles southeast of Seward, Chugach Mountains. |
| History: | "U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported the local name in 1904 as ""Lowell Island,"" and U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) gave the local name as ""Fox Island"" in 1905. Because both these names ""are much duplicated"" the Board on Geographic Names (BGN) officially bestowed the present name in 1906; it means ""fox"" in French." |
| Borough: | Kenai Peninsula Borough |
| Latitude: | 59.9272232056 |
| Longitude: | -149.328887939 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Fox Island: Fox 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 Fox Island does not include property ownership information.
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Lowell Point, AK
(10.8 miles NNW) Seward, AK (12.8 miles NNW) |
Bear Creek, AK
(16.5 miles N) |
| Woodrow, AK (18.4 miles N) |
