Prolewy Rocks

Prolewy Rocks is an islet in Petersburg Borough, Alaska. Prolewy Rocks is situated nearby to the hamlet Kupreanof, as well as near Scow Bay.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport and Petersburg High School.

Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport is a state owned, public use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Petersburg, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska that has no road access to the outside world. Petersburg James A. Johnson Airport is situated 1½ miles south of Prolewy Rocks.

Petersburg High School

School

Petersburg High School is the public high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Petersburg and the Petersburg City School District. The current principal is Brad King.

Sons of Norway Hall

Monument

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.

The Sons of Norway Hall, also known as Fedrelandet Lodge #23, is a historic fraternal society building on Indian St. in Petersburg, Alaska. It is a large two-story wood-frame structure with a gambrel roof, measuring about 105 feet in length and 55 feet in width.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petersburg and Kupreanof.

Petersburg

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Petersburg is a census-designated place in and essentially the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 3,043 at the 2020 census, up from 2,948 in 2010.

Kupreanof

Hamlet

Photo: Gillfoto, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kupreanof is a city on the eastern shore of Kupreanof Island in the Petersburg Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 21 as of the 2020 census, down from 27 in 2010. It is the smallest incorporated city in the state as of 2020. Kupreanof is situated 1½ miles southwest of Prolewy Rocks.

Prolewy Rocks

Type: Islet
Also known as: “Prolewy Rock”
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude

56.82538° or 56° 49′ 31″ north

Longitude

-132.94556° or 132° 56′ 44″ west

Open location code

9489R3G3+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 833080292

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

5556551

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