Information About

Cheval Island

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 46' 40.001" N,
149 ° 30' 24.998" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Seward

Elevation

187 ft (57 m)

Cheval Island in Detail.

About

off E coast of Aialik Peninsula, 24 mi. S of Seward, Chugach Mts. 1.5 miles long.

History

Named on June 6, 1906, by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) to replace the common name "Horse Island" given by that agency the year before. "Cheval" is the French word for Horse".

Cheval Island Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Cheval Island.

Topo Maps

Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound D-7 (1950), Blying Sound D-7 (1951), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound D-7 (1953), Blying Sound D-7 (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound D-7 SW (2017),

Places Near Cheval Island

Archipelagos:

Chiswell Islands,

Bays:

Agnes Cove, Aialik Bay, Bear Cove, Bulldog Cove, Chat Cove, Cliff Bay, Coleman Bay, Humpy Cove, Marys Bay, Paradise Cove, Pony Cove, Porcupine Cove, Sunny Cove, Three Hole Bay, Tooth Cove,

Capes:

Aialik Cape, Aialik Peninsula, Bear Glacier Point, Caines Head, Callisto Head, The Iron Door, Sandspit Point, Three Hole Point, Toe Point,

Channels:

Cheval Narrows, Dora Passage, Eldorado Narrows, Harding Gateway, Petes Pass,

Glaciers:

Bear Glacier, Lechner Glacier, Skee Glacier,

Islands:

Beehive Island, Chat Island, Cheval Island, Chiswell Island, Dora Island, Fox Island, Frozen Rock, Harbor Island, Hat Island, Hive Island, Hub Rock, Lone Rock, Marys Rock, Matushka Island, Natoa Island, No Name Island, Pilot Rock, Rugged Island, Slate Island, Squab Island, Twin Islands, Twin Rocks,

Lakes:

Bear Lake,

Mountains:

Callisto Peak,

Parks:

Sandspit Point State Marine Park, Sunny Cove State Marine Park,

Routes:

South Beach Trail,