Japonski Island

Japonski Island is a small island in the city of in the of southeastern , United States. It lies across the Sitka Channel from Sitka's central business district.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Japanese Island”, “Jeponski Island”, “Ostrov Yaponskoy”, and “Yaponskoi Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church and Castle Hill.

Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the , at Lincoln and Maksoutoff Streets in , . The earliest Orthodox cathedral in the New World, it was built in the nineteenth century, when Alaska was under the control of Russia, though this structure burned down in 1966.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
also known as the American Flag-Raising Site and now as the Baranof Castle State Historic Site, is a National Historic Landmark and state park in .

Community center
The Sheet'ká Ḵwáan Naa Kahídi is a performance venue and meeting space modelled after a Tlingit clan house in , . Its capacity is 300 people.

Japonski Island

Latitude
57.04791° or 57° 2′ 53″ north
Longitude
-135.35873° or 135° 21′ 31″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Open location code
94962JXR+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 15682721
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5553938
Wiki­data ID
Q6159341
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Satellite Map

Discover Japonski Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Turkish—“Japonski Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Yaponski adası”
  • Cebuano: “Japonski Island”
  • Chinese: “日本岛”
  • Dutch: “Japonski Island”
  • Japanese: “ヤポンスキー島”
  • Russian: “Японский”
  • Turkish: “Japonski Adası”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Goddard Hot Springs and Baranof Warm Springs.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sitka Naval Operating Base (historical) and Sealing Cove Harbor.

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