Information About

Tanker Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Valdez-Cordova (CA)

Nearest City:

Whittier

About

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

History of Tanker Island

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."

Found on the following 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,