North Island (Alaska)

North Island
North Island (Alaska) is located in Alaska
North Island (Alaska)
Location within Alaska
Geography
LocationWhitewater Bay
Coordinates57°14′26″N 134°33′54″W / 57.240679°N 134.565040°W / 57.240679; -134.565040
Administration
United States
StateAlaska

North Island is a small island in Whitewater Bay, near southwestern Admiralty Island, Alaska.[1] It is part of the Alexander Archipelago. It was once known as Head Island. The island was described at one point, as having "faces on all the rocks" at one time. (referring to petroglyphs)[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Information About North Island".
  2. ↑ de Laguna, Frederica (1960). The Story of a Tlingit Community: A Problem in the Relationship Between Archaeological, Ethnological, and Historical Methods (PDF). Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution. p. 57.