Post Island – Island in Sitka, Alaska

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1424626

Location

State Alaska

County Sitka

Feature Class Island

Coordinates

DMS

57°47'33"N 136°20'08"W

Decimal Degrees

57.7925, -136.3355556

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Sitka D-8 SE

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Pelican

12.3 mi NNE

Hydrography

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Description

13 mi. NW of Chichagof, on W coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Name published in 1928 by US@C&GS on Chart 8258.

Nearby Features

Pluma Island Island · 0.2 mi ENE
Point Simonds Cape · 0.3 mi S
Kinky Island Island · 0.3 mi SE
Skinner Island Island · 0.4 mi WSW
West Arm Gut · 0.4 mi NE
West Arm Mirror Harbor Bay · 0.4 mi ENE
Fleming Channel Gut · 0.4 mi SE
Fairway Rock Island · 0.5 mi SSE
Point Shultz Cape · 0.5 mi SE
Bertha Bay Bay · 0.6 mi NNW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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