Information About

Osier Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Osier Island on The Map

Location

59 ° 59' 48.001" N,
139 ° 28' 14.999" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Osier Island in Detail.

About

in Disenchantment Bay, at mouth of Russell Fiord, 32 mi. NE of Yakutat, St. Elias Mts.

History

Named in 1891 by Russell (1892, p. 84) because "it is covered with a dense growth of willows." Osier is a name for various willos.