Information About

Jacob Island

Jacob Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Lake and Peninsula
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 768 ft (234.09 m)
About

12 mi. E of Stepovak Bay, Aleutian Range. 4.5 miles long.

History of Jacob Island

Named by Lieutenant Woronkofski in 1837; published as "O(strov) Sv(yatoy) Iakova," or "St. Jacob Island," on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1379 (1847). "Jacob Island" was shown in 1888 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 806.