Griffith Island

Griffith Island is an island in , . Griffith Island is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the area .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Swan Lake and Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel.

Lake
, is a small lake located in the center of the town of . It is a man-made lake, created during the Russian occupation of Alaska as an income source during the winter.

Church
Photo: Barek, Public domain.
St. Michael's Cathedral is a cathedral of the Orthodox Church in America Diocese of Alaska, 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.

Island
is a small island in the city of in the of southeastern , . It lies across the Sitka Channel from Sitka's central business district.

Griffith Island

Latitude
57.05806° or 57° 3′ 29″ north
Longitude
-135.34944° or 135° 20′ 58″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
94963M52+66
Geo­Names ID
5846832
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