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Obsechki Island

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 58' 7" N,
135 ° 25' 17" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Obsechki Island in Detail.

About

6.5 mi. SW of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1809 by the Russian navigator, Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19) UR, as O(strov) Obsechki meaning misfire island.

Places Near Obsechki Island
Cities:

The Redoubt,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Magoun Islands, Necker Islands, Taigud Islands,

Areas:

Old Sitka Rocks, Sawmill Creek Recreational Area,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Biorka Reef, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Ferebee Rock, Frosty Reef, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Middle Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank,

Basins:

Billy Basin,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Aleutkina Bay, Big Bay, Birdsnest Bay, Camp Coogan Bay, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Crane Cove, Crescent Bay, Deep Inlet, Eastern Bay, Herring Bay, Hot Springs Bay, Jamestown Bay, Kanga Bay, Katlian Bay, Kidney Cove, Kliuchevoi Bay, Leesoffskaia Bay, Marsh Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Mud Bay, No Thorofare Bay, Pirate Cove, President Bay, Promisla Bay, Redoubt Bay, Rocky Cove, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sawmill Cove, Sealing Cove, Sevenfathom Bay, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Starrigavan Bay, Symonds Bay, Thimbleberry Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Woodhouse, Point Brown, Cape Burunof, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Entry Point, Escape Cape, Halibut Point, Hanus Point, Harbor Point, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Kliuchef Peninsula, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Mountain Point, Peresheek Point, Povorotni Point, Rob Point, Shoals Point, Silver Point, Watson Point,

Channels:

Biorka Channel, Dorothy Narrows, East Channel Hayward Strait, Eastern Channel, First Narrows, Hayward Strait, Islet Passage, Koka Island Passage, Middle Channel, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Windy Passage,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Cascade Creek Dam, Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

The Beehive, Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Ataku Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Bare Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Biorka Island, Blackbird Island, Boidarkin Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Breast Island, Calligan Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Caution Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Cobb Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Dove Island, The Eckholms, Elovoi Island, Emgeten Island, Entrance Islet, Error Island, Fankuda Islet, Fassett Island, Fragrant Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Galankin Island, Galkin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Golf Island, Golovni Island, Gornoi Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Guide Island, Gull Islet, Gunboat Rock, Hanus Islet, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Ilput Island, Impassible Island, Jacknife Islands, Jacob Rock, Japonski Island, John Rock, Jug Island, Kaiuchali Island, Kamennoi Island, Kanga Island, Kasiana Islands, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirbas Island, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Kliuchevoi Island, Koka Island, Kolash Island, Korga Island, Krestof Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Legma Island, Liesnoi Island, Line Island, Little Biorka Island, Little Gavanski Island, Little Wrangell Island, Lodge Island, Long Island, Love Island, Low Island, Luce Island, Maid Island, Makhnati Island, Marshall Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Middle Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Naerie Rock, Nameless Island, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Passage Islands, Peisar Island, Pishak Island, Pritchard Rock, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Rogers Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sosnovoi Island, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Tava Island, Terbilon Island, Tiurpa Island, Torsar Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Ulinoi Island, Unishka Island, Urilof Island, Vasilief Rock, Viesokoi Rock, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Wrangell Island, Zenobia Rock,

Lakes:

Heart Lake, Redoubt Lake, Swan Lake, Thimbleberry Lake,

Mountains:

Arrowhead Peak, Camel Mountain, Cross Mountain, Mount Dranishnikof, Harbor Peak, Mount Kinkaid, Mount Kliuchef, Krestof Mountain, Mount Longenbaugh, Mount Sharp, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Verstovia,

Parks:

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,

Mountain Ranges:

The Pyramids, The Sisters,

Ridges:

Gavan Hill,

Rivers:

Coxe River, Dranishnikov River, Indian River, Katlian River,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek, Sawmill Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Mount Verstovia Trail, Gavan Hill Trail, Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Indian River Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail, Starrigavan Fish Viewing Trail,

Cities:

Goddard,