60 ° 40' 0.001" N,
147 ° 25' 8" W
Valdez-Cordova (CA)
981 ft (299.01 m)
You can boat to Naked Island from Valdez or charter a helicopter out of Valdez. If traveling by boat expect to spend an hour and a half to two and a half hours to reach the island depending on the boat and the weather. Your boat should be able to handle up to four foot seas. Being that it lies in Prince William Sound, the water is greatly effected by the tide.
Bass Harbor is the most protected harbor, but can be shallow depending on the tides.
Naked Island is a large island slightly west and in the center of Prince William Sound. It is heavily forested and home to deer and bear. The forest are fairly easy to navigate through as there are many game trail and the vegetation isn't terribly thick and the tall conifer canopy helps filter light.
It is a fun island to explore.
Naming: Naked Island was named in 1898 by Captain William Ralph Abercrombie, USA, who applied the name to a group of three islands. F. C. Schrader USGS, reported in 1900 the largest of the three islands as Naked Island. The smaller two were recorded as Peak Island and Storey Island.
Then sometime later the government actually recorded that John Goodell of Valdez, claimed "the islands are called 'Naked,' so it is said, from the fact that the natives once found on them a naked woman, who was crazy." But likely that's just remote Alaskan's having fun and telling stories.
Naked island appears to be the Isla Larga named by the 1779 Don Ignacio Arteaga expedition.
Pictures of, from, or near Naked Island.
Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings
Black-legged Kittiwake, Marbled Murrelet, Common Gull, Surf Scoter, Pigeon Guillemot, Glaucous-winged Gull, Herring Gull, Tufted Puffin, Common Murre, White-winged Scoter, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Merganser, Bonaparte's Gull, Surfbird, Semipalmated Plover, Pacific Loon, Bald Eagle, Common Raven, Red Crossbill, Ancient Murrelet, Canada Goose, Horned Puffin, American Crow, Harlequin Duck, Black Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Song Sparrow, Whimbrel, Double-crested Cormorant, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Pine Siskin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Green-winged Teal, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Spotted Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Parakeet Auklet, Sabine's Gull, Common Loon, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Rufous Hummingbird, Black Turnstone, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Red-throated Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Red-faced Cormorant, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Alder Flycatcher, Say's Phoebe, Steller's Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, American Robin, Pine Grosbeak, Savannah Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler
Bass Harbor, Cabin Bay, Ingot Cove, Jackson Cove, McPherson Bay, Northwest Bay, Olsen Cove, Outside Bay,
Capes:Point Eleanor, East Point, Elk Head Point, Granite Point, Iceberg Point,
Channels:Liljegren Passage, McPherson Passage, Upper Passage,
Islands:Block Island, Eleanor Island, Entrance Island, Fairmount Island, Glacier Island, Ingot Island, Kiniklik Island, Little Fairmount Island, Little Smith Island, Naked Island, Olsen Island, Outpost Island, Peak Island, Smith Island, Sphinx Island, Storey Island,
