Information About

Twin Islands

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Twin Islands on The Map

Location

55 ° 8' 26.999" N,
131 ° 13' 1.999" W

Region

Ketchikan Gateway

Nearest City

Metlakatla

Twin Islands in Detail.

About

Two islands, the larger of which is 0.2 mi. long, in Revillagigedo Channel at its junction with Behm Canal and Felice Strait, 1.8 miles north of Mary Island, Alexander Archipelago. (AK-T1)

History

Named in 1880 by W. E. George, a local pilot; called "The Sisters" on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 710 published in 1885. (AK-T1)

Places Near Twin Islands
Bars:

Bostwick Reef, Hog Rocks, Julius Reef, Mastic Rock, Tamgas Reef, Wallace Reef, Washington Monument Rock, White Reef,

Bays:

Alava Bay, Camp Cove, Cascade Inlet, Coho Cove, Coho Cove, Crab Bay, Customhouse Cove, Dog Bay, Hassler Harbor, Kwain Bay, Lucky Cove, Mary I Anchorage, Moth Bay, Niquette Harbor, Pond Bay, Ray Anchorage, Reef Harbor, Ryus Bay, Sykes Cove, Thorne Arm, Thorne Arm,

Capes:

Point Arucenas, Point Alava, Angle Point, Annette Point, Ape Point, Bass Point, Cape Fox, Cone Point, Edge Point, Elf Point, Eve Point, Flag Point, Form Point, Fox Point, Giant Point, Grave Point, Harbor Point, Kirk Point, Middy Point, Moth Point, Rock Point, Roe Point, Sharp Point, Point Sykes, Tent Point, Point Winslow,

Channels:

Cat Passage, Danger Passage, Felice Strait, Narrow Pass, Revillagigedo Channel,

Hills:

Mound Hill,

Islands:

Annette Island, Bird Island, Black Island, Black Rock, Bold Island, Cat Island, Cone Island, Danger Island, Dog Island, Double Islands, Drug Island, Duck Islands, Duke Island, Emmet Island, Fish Islands, Fripo Island, Goose Tongue Island, Ham Island, Helen Island, House Rock, Indian Rock, Lane Island, Lewis Island, Little Rock, Mary Island, Pow Island, Round Island, Roy Island, Rudyerd Island, Ruth Island, Slate Islands, Snail Rock, Snipe Island, Twin Islands, Village Island, Walker Island, Whale Rock,

Lakes:

Cascade Lakes, Crater Lake, Kwain Lake, Trap Lake,

Mountains:

Behm Mountain, Black Mountain, Blunt Mountain, Dubuque Mountain, Middle Mountain, Narrows Mountain, Notch Mountain, Tamgas Mountain,

Ridges:

Alava Ridge, Saw Ridge, Saw Ridge,

Streams:

Beaver Creek,