Ball Islets is a physical feature (island) in Sitka Borough. The primary coordinates for Ball Islets places it within the AK 99835 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Ball Islets |
Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Island |
Description: | """forming eastern part of the Galankin group, Sitka Sound,"" Alex. Arch." |
History: | "So named by United States naval officers, 1879, after Col. Mottrom Dulany Ball, at that time collector of customs at Sitka"" (Baker, 1906, p. 114). Ball served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Confederate Army." |
Borough: | Sitka Borough |
Latitude: | 57.0374984741 |
Longitude: | -135.322219849 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Ball Islets: Ball Islets.
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 Ball Islets does not include property ownership information.
Goddard, AK
(14.1 miles S) |
Baranof, AK
(18.8 miles ENE) |