Information About

Lava Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 0' 22" N,
135 ° 42' 13" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Part of

Kruzof Island

Lava Island in Detail.

About

off S coast of Kruzof I., 14 mi. W of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name meaning "lava" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "O(strov) Lava."

Topo Maps

Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka A-6 (1951), Sitka A-6 (1951), Sitka A-6 (1951), Sitka A-6 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka A-6 SE (2017),

Places Near Lava Island

Archipelagos:

Magoun Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows,

Bars:

Biorka Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Crab Bay, Cuvacan Cove, DeGroff Bay, Goleta Cove, Krestof Sound, Mud Bay, Neva Bay, Promisla Bay, Rocky Cove, Shelikof Bay, Sitka Sound, Symonds Bay,

Capes:

Point Mary, Point Woodhouse, Point Brown, Beaver Point, Cape Edgecumbe, Creek Point, Engano Point, Escape Cape, Hanus Point, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Mountain Point, Rob Point, Shoals Point, Sitka Point, Trubitsin Point,

Channels:

Biorka Channel, East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, West Channel Hayward Strait,

Islands:

Bare Island, Bieli Rocks, Biorka Island, Brady Island, Double Island, Entrance Islet, Gagarin Island, Goloi Island, Golovni Island, Guide Island, Gunboat Rock, Hanus Islet, Impassible Island, Kaiuchali Island, Krestof Island, Kruzof Island, Lava Island, Liesnoi Island, Little Biorka Island, Little Wrangell Island, Low Island, Mills Island, Nadezhda Islands, Slaughter Island, Terbilon Island, Vasilief Rock, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Wrangell Island,

Mountains:

Mount Edgecumbe, Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge,

Streams:

Freds Creek,

Routes:

Kruzof Island Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail,