Yakobi Island

Yakobi Island
Island
Yakobi Island location is just off the western edge of Chichagof Island.
Country United States
State Alaska
Borough The Unorganized Borough
Elevation 0 m (0 ft)
Coordinates Island 57°59′16″N 136°28′30″W / 57.98778°N 136.47500°W / 57.98778; -136.47500Coordinates: Island 57°59′16″N 136°28′30″W / 57.98778°N 136.47500°W / 57.98778; -136.47500
Lowest point
 - elevation 0 ft (0 m)
Timezone AKST (UTC-9)
 - summer (DST) AKDT (UTC-8)
ZIP code 99901 ... 99950
Area code +1 907
USGS GNIS 1415856
Topo map USGS Alaska


Yakobi Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies to the south of Cross Sound and just off the western edge of Chichagof Island, separated from it by Lisianski Inlet and Lisianski Strait. The island has a land area of 82.37 sq mi (213.3 km²) and no permanent resident population.

Yakobi Island was named by Baranov after Ivan Iakobi, the governor-general of Irkutsk and Kolyvan. The Tlingit name for the island is Takhanes.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Dauenhauer, Nora Marks; Dauenhauer, Richard; Black, Lydia T. (2008). Anóoshi Lingít Aaní Ká, Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka, 1802 and 1804. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. XXVI. ISBN 978-0-295-98601-2.
  2. ↑ "Yakobi Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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