Information About

Yasha Island

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 57' 59" N,
134 ° 33' 37.001" W

Region

Hoonah-Angoon (CA)

Nearest City

Angoon

Elevation

7 ft (2.13 m)

Yasha Island in Detail.

About

in Chatham Strait, 5 mi. S of Admiralty I. and 30 mi. SE of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name, diminutive of "Yakov" and equivalent to the English "Jacob"; probably first applied to this island in 1809 by Ivan Vasiliev the first.