Information About

Sanak Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sanak Island on The Map

Location

54 ° 25' 46.999" N,
162 ° 42' 32" W

Region

Aleutians East

Nearest City

False Pass

Part of

Sanak Islands

Islands

Sisters Island, Umla Island,

Mountains

Sanak Peak,

Elevation

98 ft (29.87 m)

Sanak Island in Detail.

About

largest of Sanak Is., 37 mi. SE of False Pass, Aleutian Range

History

Aleut name published by G. A. Sarichev (1826, map 3) as "Os(trov) Sannakh" or "Sannakh Island." The name "Halibut" was given to this island by Captain James Cook, Royal Navy (RN), (1785, v. 2, p. 416-17) because his crew caught more than 100 halibut weighing from 20 to 100 pounds each, off the coast in 1778. The island was called "Islas des Piles" meaning "island of fish" by Don Dionisoi A. Galiano (1802, Atlas Chart 3). The name was shortened to Sanak by the U.S. Post Office Department in 1919 when it established a post office at Sanak village.

Topo Maps

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Places Near Sanak Island
Archipelagos:

Sanak Islands,

Bars:

Eagle Rock, Sanak Reefs, Westdahl Rock, Yukon Reef,

Bays:

Caton Harbor, Dodds Bay, Finneys Bay, Johnson Bay, Murphys Cove, Northeast Harbor, Pauloff Harbor, Pavlof Harbor, Peterson Bay, Salmon Bay, Sanak Harbor, Sandy Bay, Unimak Cove,

Capes:

Chicago Point, Enton Point, Northeast Point, Point Petrof,

Channels:

Lida Anchorage,

Islands:

Clifford Island, Crowley Rock, Dora Island, Elma Island, Finneys Island, Haystack Rock, Inikla Island, Long Island, Mary Island, Peterson Island, Princess Rock, Rabbit Island, Sanak Island, Seal Rock, Sisters Island, South Rock, Telemitz Island, Trinity Islands, Wanda Island,

Mountains:

Sanak Peak,

Streams:

Washwoman Creek,

Cities:

Pauloff Harbor, Sanak,