Alaska Gazetteer
Round Islet is a physical feature (island) in Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Round Islet |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | largest of Round Islets, in Holkham Bay, 0.5 mi. SE of Harbor I. and 48 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts. |
| History: | "Named by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN); published in 1869 on Hydrographic Chart 225 as ""Round Islet (or islets)."" Meade may have thought the group to be one island. The name was restricted to the southernmost and largest of the islands by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1891 Coast Pilot (p. 147)." |
| Borough: | Hoonah-Angoon (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 57.7524986267 |
| Longitude: | -133.601394653 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Round Islet: Round Islet.
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