Information About

Khvostof Island

Quick Facts

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Location

51 ° 58' 50.002" N,
178 ° 16' 36.001" E

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Part of

Rat Islands

Khvostof Island in Detail.

About

4 mi. SE of Segula I., one of Rat Islands., Aleutian Islands.

History

Russian name probably given by Captain Von Krusenstern (1827, sheet 18), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as Khwostov, for Nikolai Alexandrovich Khwostov, a Russian naval officer, who explored Alaska in 1802-04 with G. I. Davidov. Captain Lutke (1836, p. 326), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), applied the name "Khvostoffile" to the entire group of islands that include Khvostof.

Topo Maps

Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951), Rat Islands (1951),

Places Near Khvostof Island

Archipelagos:

Rat Islands,

Bays:

Amos Cove, Crater Bay, Gunners Cove, Southeastern Cove, West Cove, William Cove, Williwaw Cove,

Capes:

Ayugadak Point, Chugul Point, Double Point, Finger Point, Gray Point, Gula Point, Iron Point, Krysi Point, Northwest Head, Patterson Point, Sitkin Point, South-southwest Point,

Channels:

Khvostof Pass, Little Sitkin Pass, Rat Island Pass,

Cliffs:

Zapad Head,

Islands:

Davidof Island, Hawadax Island, Khvostof Island, Pin Rock, Pyramid Island, Segula Island,

Mountains:

Segula Peak,