Gold Island

Gold Island is an island in , .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Japonski Island and Saint Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church.

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.

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 .

Gold Island

Latitude
57.04682° or 57° 2′ 49″ north
Longitude
-135.37945° or 135° 22′ 46″ west
Inception
1942
Open location code
94962JWC+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1284236040
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5846687
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Satellite Map

Discover Gold Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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