Chichagof Island

Chichagof Island, or Shee Kaax, is an island in the of the Alaska Panhandle. At 75 miles long and 50 miles wide, it has a land area of 2,048.61 square miles, making it the fifth largest island in the United States and the 109th largest island in the world.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the United States of America
  • Also known as: Chicagos Island”, “Chichagoff Island”, “Chichagov Island”, “Hoonah Island”, “Jacobi Island”, “Khunna Island”, “Ostrov Chichagova”, and “Yakobi Island

Chichagof Island

Latitude
57.87361° or 57° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
-135.77639° or 135° 46′ 35″ west
Population
1,340
Elevation
2,267 feet (691 metres)
Open location code
9496V6FF+CC
Geo­Names ID
5845306
Wiki­data ID
Q1072094
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Chichagof Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: تشيكاغوف
  • Arabic: جزيرة تشيشاجوف
  • Asturian: Chichagof
  • Asturian: Islla Chichagof
  • Azerbaijani: Çiçaqov adası
  • Basque: Chichagof uhartea
  • Catalan: Chichagof
  • Catalan: Illa de Chicagof
  • Catalan: Illa de Chichagof
  • Catalan: Txitxagof
  • Cebuano: Chichagof Island
  • Chinese: 奇恰戈夫島
  • Dutch: Chichagof Island
  • Dutch: Chichagofeiland
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره تشيشاجوف
  • Estonian: Chichagof
  • Estonian: Chichagofi saar
  • Finnish: Chichagof Island
  • Finnish: Chichagofinsaari
  • French: Ile Chichagof
  • French: île Chichagof
  • French: Île Chichagof
  • Galician: Illa Chichagof
  • Galician: Illa de Chichagof
  • German: Chichagof Island
  • German: Tschitschagow
  • Greek: Τσιτσάγκοφ
  • Hebrew: צ’יצ’אגוף
  • Indonesian: Pulau Chichagof
  • Italian: Chichagof Island
  • Italian: isola Chichagof
  • Japanese: チチャゴフ島
  • Latvian: Čičagova sala
  • Lithuanian: Čičiagovo sala
  • Malayalam: ചിക്കാഗോഫ് ദ്വീപ്
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Chichagof Island
  • Persian: جزیره چیچاگف
  • Polish: Wyspa Cziczagowa
  • Portuguese: Ilha Chichagof
  • Portuguese: Ilha de Chichagof
  • Russian: Остров Чичагова
  • Serbian: Chichagof Island
  • Serbian: Чичагова
  • Spanish: Isla Chichagof
  • Spanish: Isla de Chichagof
  • Spanish: Isla de Chichagoff
  • Spanish: Isla de Chichagov
  • Swedish: Chichagof Island
  • Swedish: Chichagof
  • Turkish: Chichagof Adası
  • Ukrainian: Острів Чичагова
  • Urdu: جزیرہ چیچاگوف

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