Ring Island is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Ring Island places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Ring Island |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | in Jamestown Bay, 2 mi. SE of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. |
History: | Named by U.S. Navy in 1880 for Paymaster James Andrew Ring, U.S. Navy (USN). The name was published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 144). |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0380554199 |
Longitude: | -135.290283203 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ring Island: Ring 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 Ring Island does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(14.4 miles SSW) |
Baranof, AK
(17.6 miles ENE) |