Alaska Gazetteer
North Rookery is a physical feature (area) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough. The primary coordinates for North Rookery places it within the 99591 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | North Rookery |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Area |
| Description: | 1 mi. W of Saint George, on N coast of Saint George Island, in Pribilof Islands. |
| History: | This seal rookery is mentioned by Elliott (1881, p.60-61) as having 750 ft. of sea-margin. The Aleut name is Alga-anatorolog, meaning a place where the seals do not go up, name being due to the ridge near the center of this rookery where there are no seals (Putnam, 1903, p.1013). |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.6027793884 |
| Longitude: | -169.572219849 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for North Rookery: North Rookery.
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 North Rookery does not include property ownership information.
