Information About

Boulder Island

Quick Facts

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Location

58 ° 33' 36" N,
136 ° 1' 3" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Gustavus

Boulder Island in Detail.

About

island 2 mi. N of Strawberry I., in Glacier Bay National Monument, 37 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.

History

Descriptive name given in 1942 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "because of the island's extensive boulder flats exposed at low water."