Information About

Mummy Island

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 27' 51.001" N,
146 ° 0' 47.999" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Cordova

Part of

Orca Inlet

Elevation

144 ft (43.89 m)

Mummy Island in Detail.

Getting There


About

at S entrance to Orca Inlet, 10 mi. SW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.

Mummy Island is owned by Native Village of Eyak.

History

Local name reported by H. P. Ritter, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1899.

Mummy Island has historically been used as a burial site, and a clam cannery.