Information About

Barometer Mountain

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Barometer Mountain on The Map

Location

57 ° 45' 19.001" N,
152 ° 32' 47" W

Region

Kodiak Island

Nearest City

Kodiak

Elevation

1959 ft (597.1 m)

Barometer Mountain in Detail.

About

6 mi. SW of Kodiak, on NE coast of Kodiak I.

History

Descripive name given in 1867 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) as "the behavior of fog and clouds on the mountain is said to foretell the weather." This feature was called in Russian "Gora Ostraya," meaning "steep mountain," by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 16), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) and Skotnik" meaning "cow-keeper" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).

Places Near Barometer Mountain
Cities:

Pestriak, Yelovoi,

Archipelagos:

Kashevaroff Mountain,

Bars:

Cyane Rock, Discovery Rocks, Nyman Spit, Pinnacle Rock,

Bays:

Anton Larsen Bay, Balika Basin, Balika Cove, Brookers Lagoon, Chasovina Cove, Chiniak Bay, Gibson Cove, Icon Bay, Island Bay, Kalsin Bay, Knee Bay, Kodiak Harbor, Little Cove, Middle Bay, Mill Bay, Monashka Bay, Neva Cove, Pelenga Bay, Saint Herman Bay, Saint Herman Harbor, Saint Paul Harbor, Shahafka Cove, Shakmanof Cove, Sharatin Bay, Sunny Cove, Trip Cove, Womens Bay,

Beaches:

Finny Beach, Happy Beach, Holiday Beach,

Capes:

Azimuth Point, Black Point, Broad Point, Bruhn Point, Cliff Point, Course Point, Crag Point, Dirovati Point, Entrance Point, Frye Point, Icehouse Point, Kizhuyak Point, Miller Point, North Cape, Nyman Peninsula, Orient Point, Otmeloi Point, Ouzinkie Point, Pestriak Point, Seredni Point, Shakmanof Point, Shannon Point, South Point, Spruce Cape, Termination Point, Three Pillar Point, Zapadni Point,

Channels:

Narrow Strait, Narrow Strait, Ouzinkie Narrows, Woody Island Channel,

Cities:

Kodiak, Ouzinkie,

Dams:

Bettinger A Dam, City of Ouzinkie Dam, City of Ouzinkie Lower Dam, Lake Bettinger B Dam, Lake Bettinger C Dam, Lake Bettinger D Dam, Monashka Creek Dam, Pillar Creek 2 Main Dam Dike C, Pillar Creek Dam Number 2 Dike A, Pillar Creek Dam Number 3, Pillar Creek Number 1 Upper Dam A, Pillar Creek Number 1 Upper Dam B, Pillar Creek Number 2 Dike B Dam, Stovers Dam, Upper Reservoir Dam,

Fictional Places:

Franklin,

Flats:

Bell Flats,

Islands:

Bird Island, Blodgett Island, Cliff Island, Crooked Island, Eider Island, Gull Island, Holiday Island, Inner Humpback Rock, Isthmus Island, Jug Island, Kalsin Island, Kulichkof Island, Larsen Island, Larsen Island, Low Island, Mary Island, Middle Island, Near Island, Nelson Island, Popof Island, Prokoda Island, Puffin Island, Queer Island, Rocky Islet, Round Island, Spruce Island, Svitlak Island, Three Brothers, Twin Islet, Uski Island, Utesistoi Island, Viesoki Island, Wooded Island, Zaimka Island,

Lakes:

Abercrombie Lake, Lake Aurel, Beaver Lake, Beaver Lake, Lake Bettinger, Buskin Lake, Lake Caroline, Lake Catherine, Lake Cicely, Dark Lake, Dragonfly Lake, Genivieve Lake, Heitman Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Icehouse Lake, Island Lake, Jack Lake, Kalsin Pond, Lake Lee, Lilly Lake, Lily Pond Lake, Long Lake, Lake Louise, Mayflower Lake, Mission Lake, Lake Orbin, Peninsula Lake, Lake Phil, Potatopatch Lake, Salt Lake, Seldevoe Lagoon, Snag Lake, Tanignak Lake, Lake Una,

Mountains:

Barometer Mountain, Center Mountain, Cope Mountain, Devils Prongs, Elbow Mountain, Erskine Mountain, Heitman Mountain, Mount Herman, Monashka Mountain, Old Womens Mountain, Pillar Mountain, Pyramid Mountain, Raymond Peak, Sharatin Mountain,

Pillars:

Taller Pinnacle,

Ridges:

Eddys Range, Marin Range, Zaimka Ridge,

Rivers:

American River, Buskin River, Olds River, Red Cloud River,

Streams:

Bear Creek, Black Canyon Creek, Devils Creek, Elbow Creek, Frank Creek, Kalsin Creek, Mayflower Creek, Monashka Creek, Myrtle Creek, Panamaroff Creek, Pillar Creek, Russian Creek, Salonie Creek, Salt Creek, Sargent Creek, Small Creek, Virginia Creek,

Routes:

Barometer Mountain Trail, Boy Scout Trail, Near Island Trail, Old Womens Mountain Trail, Pillar Mountain Trail,

Cities:

Aleksashkina, Mill Bay, Womens Bay,