Information About

Spruce Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Spruce Island on The Map

Location

57 ° 12' 47.999" N,
134 ° 5' 3.998" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Kake

Spruce Island in Detail.

About

in Frederick Sound, 2 mi. off SE coast of Admiralty I., Alex. Arch.

History

An 1882 translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) of name given in 1838 by Captain Lieutenant D. F. Zarembo; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1396 as "Os(trov) Elovyy."