Information About

Sound Islands

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sound Islands on The Map

Location

57 ° 13' 34" N,
135 ° 32' 53.999" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

23 ft (7.01 m)

Sound Islands in Detail.

About

between Nakwasina Passage and Krestof Sound, 14 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander E. K. Moore, U.S. Navy (USN), published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1900 Coast Pilot (p. 193). Ensign Vasilief called the largest island of the group "Pribilie," meaning "profitable," in 1833. W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), reported the name of the group as "Pribieli" and the island name as "Pribilie" in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 155).

Places Near Sound Islands
Cities:

Fort Saint Michael,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gavanski Islands, Magoun Islands,

Areas:

Iris Meadows, Old Sitka Rocks,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Black Rock, Brad Rock, Channel Rock, Channel Rocks, Columbine Rock, E Francis Rock, Ferebee Rock, Harbor Rock, Kakul Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Midway Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Usher Rock, Wayanda Ledge, Wyvill Reef,

Bays:

Port Krestof, Port Mary, Baby Bear Bay, Bear Bay, Bradshaw Cove, Cedar Cove, Crab Bay, Deep Bay, DeGroff Bay, Eastern Bay, Fish Bay, Gilmer Cove, Haley Anchorage, Katlian Bay, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Launch Cove, Liesnoi Shoal, Louise Cove, Mud Bay, Nakwasina Bay, Nakwasina Sound, Promisla Bay, Saint John Baptist Bay, Salmonberry Cove, Schulze Cove, Sealing Cove, Sinitsin Cove, Sitka Harbor, Starrigavan Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Suloia Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Whitestone Cove, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Sinbad, Point Siroi, Point Brown, Point Kakul, Allan Point, Creek Point, Dog Point, Eastern Point, Escape Cape, Fish Point, Haley Point, Halibut Point, Halleck Point, Harbor Point, Hayward Point, Inner Point, Island Point, Kamenoi Point, Kresta Point, Krugloi Point, Lisianski Peninsula, Lisianski Point, Middle Point, Mountain Head, Mountain Point, Near Point, Neva Point, Olga Point, Partof Point, Pinta Head, Range Point, Rob Point, Schulze Head, Scraggy Point, Sergius Point, Shoal Point, Shoals Point, Struya Point, Sukoi Point, Suloia Point, Watson Point, Whitestone Point, Zeal Point,

Channels:

Canoe Pass, East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, Kakul Narrows, Middle Channel, Nakwasina Passage, Neva Strait, Olga Strait, Sergins Narrows, Sergius Channel, West Channel Hayward Strait, Western Channel, Whitestone Narrows,

Dams:

Cascade Creek Dam,

Hills:

Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Bamdoroshni Island, Bare Island, Bart Island, Battery Island, Bear Bay Island, Beardslee Islands, Beehive Island, Bieli Rocks, Big Gavanski Island, Big Island, Border Rocks, Brady Island, Chaichei Islands, Charcoal Island, Crosswise Islands, Crow Island, Double Island, East Francis Rock, The Eckholms, Entrance Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Gagarin Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Goloi Island, Goloi Islands, Grasstop Rock, Griffith Island, Guide Island, Haley Rocks, Halleck Island, Harbor Island, Highwater Island, Japonski Island, Kane Islands, Kasiana Islands, Kayak Islands, Kirushkin Island, Krestof Island, Krugloi Islands, Kruzof Island, Liesnoi Island, Liesnoi Island, Limit Island, Line Island, Little Gavanski Island, Little Island, Little Rapids Island, Love Island, Low Island, Makhnati Island, McClellan Group, Middle Island, Mills Island, Mogilnoi Island, Nadezhda Islands, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, Parker Group, Partofshikof Island, Passage Islands, Piper Island, Pritchard Rock, Prolewy Rock, Rapids Island, Rashimosti Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Scraggy Islands, Sheep Island, Siginaka Islands, Signal Island, Sinitsin Island, Smith Island, Sound Islands, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Suloia Islet, Suloia Rock, Surf Rock, Turning Island, Virublennoi Island, Volga Island, W Francis Rock, West Francis Rock, Whale Island, Whitestone Rock,

Lakes:

Lake Suloia, Swan Lake,

Mountains:

Mount Edgecumbe, Krestof Mountain, Shell Mountain,

Parks:

Big Bear - Baby Bear State Marine Park, Magoun Islands State Marine Park,

Mountain Passes:

Sergius Narrows, Western Anchorage,

Rapids:

Southern Rapids,

Ridges:

Crater Ridge,

Streams:

Cascade Creek, Fish Bay Creek, Freds Creek, Granite Creek, Peterson Creek, Rodman Creek, Starrigavan Creek,

Routes:

Harbor Mountain - Gavan Hill Trail, Kruzof Island Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail, Sitka Cross Trail, Sitka’s Cross Trail,