Information About

Sundstrom Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Sundstrom Island on The Map

Location

56 ° 41' 20" N,
154 ° 8' 34.001" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Akhiok

Part of

Kodiak Island

Elevation

95 ft (28.96 m)

Sundstrom Island in Detail.

About

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

History

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 * * *."