Harris Island
Harris Island is an island in Sitka, Southeastern Alaska.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, United States
- Also known as: “Harris Islet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sitka National Historical Park and Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel.
Sitka National Historical Park
Park
Photo: Lordkinbote, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sitka National Historical Park is a national historical park in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was redesignated as a national historical park from its previous status as national monument on October 18, 1972.
Cathedral of Saint Michael the Archangel
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 Sitka, Alaska. 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.
Castle Hill
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Castle Hill 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 Sitka, Alaska.
Harris Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Sitka, Southeastern Alaska, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.03453° or 57° 2′ 4″ northLongitude
-135.2775° or 135° 16′ 39″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
94962PMF+R2OpenStreetMap ID
way 299536983OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
5846979Wikidata ID
Q49640435
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Harris Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Harris Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Alaska, Sitka City and Borough)”
- Cebuano: “Harris Island”
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