Information About

Big Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 26' 15" N,
135 ° 35' 30.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

95 ft (28.96 m)

Big Island in Detail.

About

at mouth of Deep Bay, in Peril Strait, off Chichagof I., 29 mi. N of Sitka, Alex. Arch.;

History

This is a translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) about 1882 of the name given by the Russian pilot Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "O(strov) Bolshoy."

Topo Maps

Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka B-5 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka B-5 (1996), Sitka B-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Big Island

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, Cozian Reef, Deadman Reach, Dolph Rock, E Francis Rock, Ford Rock, Hoggatt Reefs, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Deep Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fick Cove, Fish Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Nismeni Cove, Poison Cove, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay, Whitestone Cove,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Kakul, Allan Point, Arthur Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Fish Point, Haley Point, Halleck Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Kalinin Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Neva Point, Nismeni Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Ushk Point, White Cliff Point, Whitestone Point, Yellow Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Hoonah Sound, Kakul Narrows, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bart Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Broad Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Entrance Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Highwater Island, Hoggatt Island, Kane Islands, Krugloi Islands, Krugloi Islands, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Otstoia Island, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sinitsin Island, Sound Islands, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Mountain Ranges:

Moore Mountains,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek,