Information About

Otmeloi Island

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 38' 19" N,
139 ° 39' 29.002" W

Region

Yakutat

Nearest City

Yakutat

Elevation

49 ft (14.94 m)

Otmeloi Island in Detail.

About

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

History

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).