Information About

Kane Islands

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kane Islands on The Map

Location

57 ° 19' 23.002" N,
135 ° 39' 47.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Kane Islands in Detail.

About

0.5 mi. long, at N end of Neva Strait, off NW coast of Baranof I., 22 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Named by the Russians for Captain Kane (complete name not available), an "American pioneer trader on this coast at the beginning of the century" (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1883, p. 157).

Places Near Kane Islands
Cities:

Cobol,

Archipelagos:

Magoun Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Sealion Rocks,

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, E Francis Rock, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Sea Rock, Vincent Reef, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Crab Bay, Cuvacan Cove, Deep Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Fish Bay, Flat Cove, Gilmer Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goleta Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Hidden Cove, Island Cove, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Mud Bay, Poison Cove, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sea Lion Bay, Shelikof Bay, Sinitsin Cove, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Whitestone Cove,

Capes:

Point Mary, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Amelia, Point Brown, Point Kakul, Point Kruzof, Point Leo, Arthur Point, Cape Georgiana, Creek Point, Eastern Point, Escape Cape, Fish Point, Haley Point, Halleck Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Kalinin Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Mountain Point, Near Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Rob Point, Rock Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Twin Point, Point Vincent, Whitestone Point, Yellow Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, Kakul Narrows, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, West Channel Hayward Strait, Whitestone Narrows,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Brady Island, Crow Island, Double Island, Eagle Rock, East Francis Rock, Entrance Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Guide Island, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Highwater Island, Kane Islands, Krestof Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Mills Island, Nadezhda Islands, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sealion Islands, Siginaka Islands, Sinitsin Island, Slaughter Island, Sound Islands, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Leo, Lake Suloia, Lake Surprise, Waterfall Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Georgiana, Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park, Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Leo Creek, Range Creek,

Routes:

Kruzof Island Trail,