Information About

Chiswell Islands

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 36' 49" N,
149 ° 35' 58.999" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Seward

Chiswell Islands in Detail.

About

in Gulf of Alaska, 35 mi. SW of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

According to Captain Vancouver (1798, v. 3, p. 152-153), Royal Navy (RN), these were named "Chiswell Isles" in 1786 by Captain Nathaniel Portlock. They may have been named for "Trench Chiswell, a very rich man" (Wagner, 1937, p. 380). The Russians called them "Ostrova Ayaliki," (Ayaliki Islands) which may be an Eskimo name (Tebenkov, 1852, map 6).