Information About

Navy Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Navy Island on The Map

Location

56 ° 59' 34.001" N,
156 ° 27' 25.999" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Navy Island in Detail.

About

smallest and most southerly of three islands east of Port Wrangell, in the Pacific Ocean, 22 mi. SE of Mount Chiginagak; Aleutian Range

History

Named "Ostrov Morskoi," i.e. "sea island," by Ensign Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), in 1832. This name was translated by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) as "Navy Island" probably intentionally changing the meaning somewhat. Lutke (1836, p. 274) called it "Ile du Large."