Information About

Otmeloi Island

Otmeloi Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Yakutat
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 49 ft (14.94 m)
About

in Yakutat Bay, 0.2 mi. N of Kriwoi I. and 6.5 mi. NE of Yakutat, Malaspina Coastal Plain.

History of Otmeloi Island

So named "O(strov) Otmyloy," meaning "reef (or shoal) island" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 7), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), because of a shoal extending off the island for nearly a mile. It was called "Shoals Island" in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 209).