Information About

Chatham Island

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Location

59 ° 12' 34.999" N,
151 ° 46' 34" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Chatham Island in Detail.

About

at entrance to Port Chatham on Kenai Peninsula 16 mi. S of Seldovia, Chugach Mts. 500 feet long.

History

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1908 for Port Chatham. The island was named "El Sombrero", meaning "the hat," on an unpublished Spanish map by Don Ignacio Arteaga, Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, and Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1779.

Topo Maps

Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia (1951), Seldovia A-5 (1953), Seldovia A-5 (1953), Seldovia A-5 (1953), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963), Seldovia (1963),

Places Near Chatham Island

Archipelagos:

Chugach Islands, Flat Islands,

Bars:

Bird Reef, Dangerous Cape Reef, Dora Reef, English Bay Reef,

Bays:

Port Chatham, Chrome Bay, Chugach Bay, Clam Cove, Coal Cove, Ducan Slough, English Bay, Port Graham, Johnson Slough, Koyuktolik Bay, Seldovia Bay, Tulcan Slough,

Capes:

Point Adam, Point Bede, Cape Elizabeth, Claim Point, Dangerous Cape, Kelp Point, Point Pogibshi, Russian Point,

Channels:

Chugach Passage,

Dams:

Port Graham Dam Number 1, Port Graham Dam Number 2,

Islands:

Chatham Island, Elizabeth Island, Nagahut Rocks, Passage Island, Perl Island, Perl Rock, Powder Island,

Lakes:

Mountains:

Mount Bede, Cone Mountain, Rock Mountain,

Rivers:

English Bay River, Seldovia River,

Cities:

Nanwalek, Port Graham,