Information About

Rapids Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 24' 14" N,
135 ° 37' 49.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Part of

Alexander Archipelago

Rapids Island in Detail.

About

1 mi. N of Fish Bay, in Peril Strait, off NW coast of Baranof I., 26 mi. NW of Sikta, Alex. Arch.

History

This is a translation by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) about 1882 of the name given by the Russian pilot Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1948 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "Os(trov) Poroga."

Topo Maps

Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka B-5 (1948), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka (1951), Sitka B-5 (1951), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka (1952), Sitka B-5 (1996), Sitka B-5 NW (2017),

Places Near Rapids Island

Areas:

Sealion Rocks,

Bars:

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

Bays:

Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Deep Bay, DeGroff Bay, Favorite Anchorage, Fish Bay, Flat Cove, Gilmer Bay, Gilmer Cove, Goose Cove, Haley Anchorage, Hidden Cove, Kalinin Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Poison Cove, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salisbury Sound, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sea Lion Bay, Sinitsin Cove, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Ushk Bay, Whitestone Cove,

Capes:

Point Marie, Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Kakul, Point Kruzof, Point Leo, Arthur Point, Creek Point, Duffield Peninsula, Emmons Point, Fish Point, Haley Point, Halleck Point, Hayward Point, Island Point, Kalinin Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Near Point, Neva Point, Nismeni Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Pogibshi Point, Range Point, Rapids Point, Rock Point, Rodgers Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Ushk Point, Whitestone Point, Yellow Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Adams Channel, Canoe Pass, Kakul Narrows, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, Rose Channel, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Islands:

Arthur Island, Arthur Island, Bart Island, Bear Bay Island, Big Island, Big Rose Island, Double Island, East Francis Rock, Elovoi Island, Emmons Island, Entrance Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Highwater Island, Hoggatt Island, Kane Islands, Krugloi Islands, Krugloi Islands, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Little Rose Island, Nadezhda Islands, Otstoia Island, Partofshikof Island, Piper Island, Povorotni Island, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Round Island, Scraggy Islands, Sinitsin Island, Sound Islands, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Vixen Islands, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia, Lake Surprise,

Mountains:

Mount Georgiana,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows,

Rapids:

North Rapid, Southern Rapids,

Streams:

Fish Bay Creek, Range Creek,