Information About

Storey Island

Quick Facts

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Location

60 ° 43' 30" N,
147 ° 26' 21.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Elevation

568 ft (173.13 m)

Storey Island in Detail.

About

in Prince William Sound, N of Peak I., 38 mi. NE of Chenega, Chugach Mts.

History

Local name reported in 1898 as Story Island by Schrader (1900a, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). "The island is named for Walter Storey of San Francisco." The present spelling reported in 1909 by Grant and Higgins (1910, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

Storey Island Gallery

Pictures of, from, or near Storey Island.

Topo Maps

Seward C-2 (1951), Seward C-2 (1951), Seward C-2 (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward (1951), Seward C-2 (1952), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1953), Seward (1959),
Birds Sighted Here

Sorted by Most Common to Least Common Viewings

Black-legged Kittiwake, Marbled Murrelet, Common Gull, Surf Scoter, Pigeon Guillemot, Glaucous-winged Gull, Herring Gull, Tufted Puffin, Common Murre, White-winged Scoter, Red-necked Phalarope, Common Merganser, Bonaparte's Gull, Surfbird, Semipalmated Plover, Pacific Loon, Bald Eagle, Common Raven, Red Crossbill, Ancient Murrelet, Canada Goose, Horned Puffin, American Crow, Harlequin Duck, Black Oystercatcher, Pelagic Cormorant, Great Blue Heron, Song Sparrow, Whimbrel, Double-crested Cormorant, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Varied Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Pine Siskin, Orange-crowned Warbler, Trumpeter Swan, Green-winged Teal, Horned Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Spotted Sandpiper, Parasitic Jaeger, Parakeet Auklet, Sabine's Gull, Common Loon, Belted Kingfisher, Black-billed Magpie, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Fox Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Mallard, Common Goldeneye, Barrow's Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Rufous Hummingbird, Black Turnstone, Least Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Wandering Tattler, Red-throated Loon, Yellow-billed Loon, Fork-tailed Storm-petrel, Red-faced Cormorant, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Alder Flycatcher, Say's Phoebe, Steller's Jay, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Brown Creeper, Pacific Wren, American Robin, Pine Grosbeak, Savannah Sparrow, Yellow Warbler, Wilson's Warbler

Places Near Storey Island
Cities:

Kiniklik,

Bays:

Bass Harbor, Buyers Cove, Cabin Bay, Campbell Bay, Eickelberg Bay, Fairmount Bay, Granite Bay, Ingot Cove, Irish Cove, McPherson Bay, Mueller Cove, Northwest Bay, Olsen Cove, Outside Bay,

Capes:

Point Eleanor, East Point, Elk Head Point, Fairmount Point, Granite Point, Iceberg Point, Slipper Point, Unakwik Point,

Channels:

Liljegren Passage, McPherson Passage, Upper Passage,

Islands:

Block Island, Eleanor Island, Entrance Island, Fairmount Island, Kiniklik Island, Little Fairmount Island, Little Smith Island, Naked Island, Olsen Island, Outpost Island, Peak Island, Smith Island, Storey Island,

Routes:

Jackson Hole Portage, Lookout and Panorama Point Trail,