Information About

Sundstrom Island

Sundstrom Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Nearest City:
Part of:
Elevation:
  • 95 ft (28.96 m)
About

off SW tip of Aiaktalik I., 4 mi. S of Kodiak I.

History of Sundstrom Island

Named in 1906 by Captain Hodgkins, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), for Quartermaster Gustaf L. Sundstrom, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), a crewmember of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) steamer Patterson, "who lost his life on June 29,1906, by drowning, in the performance of his official duties * * *."