Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1895406

Location

State Alaska

County Lake and Peninsula

Feature Class Island

Coordinates

DMS

55°47'00"N 157°24'00"W

Decimal Degrees

55.7833333, -157.4

Elevation

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Chignik

52.4 mi NW

Also Known As

Namtschak Rock Utes Namdak

Hydrography

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Description

Lighthouse Rocks is located largest is 500 ft. long and 90 ft. high, 30 mi. SW of Chowiet I. in Semidi Is., Aleutian Range

History

Named in 1874 by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called them "Ut(es) Namdak" or "Namdak Crag," whereas Captain Archimandritov, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), is reported to have called the "Namtschak" in 1849.