Information About

Popof Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Popof Island on The Map

Location

55 ° 18' 49" N,
160 ° 22' 28.999" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

958 ft (292 m)

Popof Island in Detail.

About

E of Unga I. in Sumagin Is., Aleutian Range

History

Popof is a Russian proper name, often written Popoff. Named Popovskoi by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and by Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1379, (1847); shown as Popof Island on an 1890 U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) chart.