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The Seal Islands are a group of 12/+ islands in the Bering Sea, trending northeast 7 miles (11 km), close to the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska, 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Port Heiden, Alaska Airfield; Bristol Bay Low.[1]

Seal Islands
Russian Orthodox priest and members of his congregation, ca. 1905
Seal Islands
Geography
LocationBering Sea
Coordinates56°40′39″N 159°24′35″W
Length7 mi (11 km)[1]
Administration
United States
StateAlaska
BoroughAleutians East
Additional information
Time zone
  • AKST (UTC-9)
 • Summer (DST)
  • AKDT (UTC-8)
ZIP code99...
Area code+1 907

Etymology


The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on Russian maps. They were given their name by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov, who charted the Northwest Coasts of America (1852, map 24), IRN. They appeared for the first time as "Seal Islands" on an USBF chart in 1888.[1]


References


  1. "Seal Islands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

Further reading



На других языках

- [en] Seal Islands (Aleutians East)

[it] Isole Seal

Le Seal sono circa una dozzina di isole[1] che si trovano nel mare di Bering vicino alla costa della baia di Bristol, 53 km a sud-ovest di Port Heiden (Alaska, Stati Uniti).


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