Information About

Sealion Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sealion Island on The Map

Location

57 ° 16' 59.999" N,
135 ° 52' 59.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

72 ft (21.95 m)

Sealion Island in Detail.

About

5 mi. S of Salisbury Sound, off NW coast of Kruzof I., 25 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. aArch.

History

This is a translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) about 1882 of the name given by the Russian pilot Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "Os(trov) Siuchiy." This feature was called "Islas de Lobos," meaning "sealion islands" in 1775 by Francisco Antonio Maurelle and Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra. Wagner (1937, p. 468) thinks this latter name may by identified with "Eagle Rock or Sea Rock farther north."