Information About

Shaw Island

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 0' 18" N,
153 ° 23' 1" W

Region

Kenai Peninsula

Nearest City

Port Lions

Elevation

23 ft (7.01 m)

Shaw Island in Detail.

About

in Cook Inlet, at head of Alaska Peninsula, in Katmai National Monument, Aleutian Range

History

Named in 1794 "Shaw's Island" by Captain George Vancouver. "Shown on Vancouver's Chart (of 1798) but not mentioned in the text" (Wagner, 1937, p. 416). Native name was published in 1847 as "Ostrov Shunakhtuli" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1378; named "O(strov) Kamyshak" in 1849 by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 5); Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Topo Maps

Iliamna A-1 and A-2 (1951), Iliamna A-1 and A-2 (1951), Iliamna A-1 and A-2 (1951), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1952), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957), Iliamna (1957),

Places Near Shaw Island

Bars:

Augustine Rocks,

Bays:

Cook Inlet, Sukoi Bay,

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