Information About

East Amatuli Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map East Amatuli Island on The Map

Location

58 ° 55' 9.001" N,
151 ° 59' 7.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Seldovia

Part of

Barren Islands

Bays

Amatuli Cove,

Mountains

Puffin Peak,

Elevation

997 ft (303.89 m)

East Amatuli Island in Detail.

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About

in Gulf of Alaska, easternmost of Barren Is., 70 mi. NE of Afognak, Chugach Mts. 2.5 miles long.


History

Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1908. This island is part of the group named "O(strova) Amatuli" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). The island is also one of the "Islas de Langara" (Barren Islands) named in 1779 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle for Juan de Langara.