Information About

Guillemot Island

Quick Facts

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Location

55 ° 32' 49.999" N,
160 ° 22' 49.001" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

Chignik

Elevation

600 ft (182.88 m)

Guillemot Island in Detail.

About

near mouth of Stepovak Bay, Aleutian Range. 1.7 mile long.

History

Named "O(strov) Iachnoi," meaning "Egg Island," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); renamed "Guillemot Island" in 1880 by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS.