Information About

Tanker Island

Quick Facts

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Location

59 ° 52' 25" N,
147 ° 22' 31.001" W

Region

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City

Whittier

Tanker Island in Detail.

About

among the Wooded Islands, 75 mi. SE of Seward, Chugach Mts.

History

So named by the 1928 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party because of the island's "likeness to an oil tanker when viewed from the southwest."

Topo Maps

Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound (1946), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1951), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1951), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1951), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1951), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound (1951), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1953), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound (1953), Blying Sound D-1 and D-2 (1995),

Places Near Tanker Island

Bays:

Logjam Bay, Patton Bay,

Capes:

Box Point, Jeanie Point,

Cliffs:

Purple Bluff,

Dams:

Hayden Lake Dam,

Islands:

Box Island, Fish Island, Pointed Rock, Tanker Island, Wooded Islands,

Lakes:

Lake Hayden, Stump Lake,

Rivers:

Beach River, Nellie Martin River, Patton River,

Streams:

Braided Creek,