Information About

Povorotni Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Povorotni Island on The Map

Location

57 ° 30' 46.001" N,
135 ° 33' 11.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Tenakee Springs

Povorotni Island in Detail.

About

in Peril Strait, at SW end of Deadman Reach, off N coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name meaning turnabout, given in 1833 by the navigator Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as Os (trov) Povorotnyy.

Places Near Povorotni Island
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Bars:

Brad Rock, Channel Rocks, Cozian Reef, Deadman Reach, Dolph Rock, E Francis Rock, Ford Rock, Hoggatt Reefs, Kakul Rock, Midway Rock, Nixon Shoal, Wayanda Ledge,

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Deep Bay, Douglass Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fick Cove, Fish Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Nismeni Cove, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Patterson Bay, Poison Cove, Rodman Bay, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Sukoi Inlet, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Kakul, Arthur Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Fish Point, Haley Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Nismeni Point, Pedersen Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Reynard Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Ushk Point, White Cliff Point, Yellow Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Hoonah Sound, Kakul Narrows, North Arm Hoonah Sound, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Broad Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Hoggatt Island, Kane Islands, Krugloi Islands, Krugloi Islands, Lauf Islands, Liesnoi Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Moser Island, Otstoia Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sinitsin Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia,

Mountains:

Finger Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, South Arm Hoonah Sound,

Mountain Ranges:

Moore Mountains,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Range Creek, Rodman Creek,