Information About

Deer Island

Quick Facts

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Location

54 ° 55' 0.001" N,
162 ° 18' 56.002" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Elevation

1257 ft (383.13 m)

Deer Island in Detail.

About

40 mi. E of False Pass, at SW end of Aleutian Range. 11 miles long.

History

This is a translation of the Russian name "/strov/ Olenei" meaning "deer island" published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 3), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Father "Itxayak" meaning "deer," according to R. H. Geoghegan. In 1888 the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) Veniaminov (dict., 1846, p. 35) lists the name "Itkhayak" from the Aleut called it Deer Island.

Topo Maps

False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1950), False Pass (1950), False Pass D-1 (1963), False Pass D-1 (1963),

Places Near Deer Island

Bars:

Bear Rock, Sandman Reefs, Sandman Reefs,

Bays:

Belkofski Bay, Bent Cove, Fox Island Anchorage, King Cove, King Cove Lagoon, Kitchen Anchorage, Lenard Harbor,

Capes:

Bent Cape, Bold Cape, Fawn Point, Indian Head, Kaslokan Point, Kelp Point, Morgan Point, Paw Cape, Slavna Point, Stag Point, Vodapoini Point, West Cape,

Channels:

Deer Passage,

Islands:

Alma Island, Bun Rock, Buyan Islands, Clubbing Rocks, Deer Island, Fawn Island, Fox Island, High Island, Hunt Island, Let Island, Mean Rock, Midun Island, Patton Island, Sozavarika Island, Table Rock,

Streams:

Delta Creek, Eastern Creek, Southern Creek,

Cities:

King Cove,