Information About

Kidney Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Kidney Island on The Map

Location

58 ° 31' 57" N,
135 ° 53' 19" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Elevation

102 ft (31.09 m)

Kidney Island in Detail.

About

one of Beardslee Island in Glacier Bay, in Glacier Bay National Monument, 3.6 mi. NE of Strawberry I. and 56 mi. NW of Juneau; St. Elias Mts.

History

descriptive name given in 1939 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because of the island's shape, and published in 1940 on their Chart 8306.