Burnt Island
Burnt Island is an islet in Petersburg Borough, Alaska. Burnt Island is situated nearby to the village Kake.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kake Airport and Kake Seaplane Base.
Kake Airport
Aerodrome
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Kake Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Kake, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Kake Airport is situated 1½ miles northeast of Burnt Island.
Kake Seaplane Base
Aerodrome
Kake Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base located in Kake, a city in the Petersburg Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Scheduled airline passenger service is subsidized by the U.S. Kake Seaplane Base is situated 1½ miles north of Burnt Island.
Kake Cannery
Building
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The Kake Cannery is a historic fish processing facility near Kake, Alaska. Operated by a variety of companies between 1912 and 1977, the cannery was one of many which operated in Southeast Alaska, an area historically rich in salmon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kake.
Kake
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Kake is a first-class city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, Alaska, United States. The population was 557 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Tlingit word Ḵéix̱ʼ or Ḵéex̱ʼ, which is derived from ḵée 'dawn, daylight' and x̱ʼé 'mouth', i.e. Kake is situated 2 miles north of Burnt Island.
Burnt Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Petersburg Census Area, United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Petersburg Borough, Alaska, United States, North America
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Latitude
56.94842° or 56° 56′ 54″ northLongitude
-133.9448° or 133° 56′ 41″ westOpen location code
9488W3X4+93OpenStreetMap ID
way 833081513OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Burnt Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Burnt Island”
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