Information About

Murie Islets

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Murie Islets on The Map

Location

54 ° 54' 23" N,
159 ° 19' 52" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Murie Islets in Detail.

About

Group of Islands, the largest of which is 0.5 mi long and 0.3 mi wide, in the Shumagin Islands, just S of the entrance to Simeonof Harbor and 0.5 mi W of Simeonof Island, Aleutian Range.

History

Named for Olaus J. Murie (1889-1963), ecologist and biologist for the U.S. Biological Survey.