Information About

Ushagat Island

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Location

58 ° 55' 32.002" N,
152 ° 15' 47.999" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Seldovia

Part of

Barren Islands

Elevation

92 ft (28.04 m)

Ushagat Island in Detail.

About

in Gulf of Alaska, westernmost of Barren Is., between Nord and Sud Is., 68 mi. NE of Afognak, Chugach Mts

History

Aleut (?) name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 5), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Ushagat," or "Ushagat Island," and as "O(strov) Ugushtu," or Ugushtu Island," (map 22). The feature was called Ushugat Island by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1868.

Topo Maps

Afognak D-1 (1951), Afognak D-1 (1951), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952), Afognak (1952),

Places Near Ushagat Island

Channels:

Stevenson Entrance,

Islands:

Barren Islands, Nord Island, Sud Island, Ushagat Island,

Mountains:

Table Mountain,