Morne Island

Morne Island is an islet in , .
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, United States
  • Also known as: “Horn Island”, “Horney Island”, “Ostrov Rogova”, “Rogova Island”, and “Rokhova Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sitka National Historical Park and Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

Park
Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is a national historical park in Sitka in the U.S. state of . It was redesignated as a national historical park from its previous status as national monument on October 18, 1972.

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.

Library
is the public library for Sitka, . It receives about 100,000 guests annually and houses a collection of 75,000 books, audiobooks, music recordings, reference resources, videos as well as an assortment of Alaskan and national periodicals.

Morne Island

Latitude
57.03705° or 57° 2′ 13″ north
Longitude
-135.32207° or 135° 19′ 20″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
94962MPH+R5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 15752710
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5555828
Wiki­data ID
Q49659746
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Satellite Map

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

“Morne Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Morne Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos)”
  • Cebuano: “Morne Island”

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