Chamisso Island
Chamisso Island is a small island in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay, just south of the Choris Peninsula.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “E-ow-ick” and “Iguagvik”
- Historically known as: “Chamise Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Puffin Island.
Puffin Island
Islet
Chamisso Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Northwest Arctic, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
66.21818° or 66° 13′ 5″ north
Longitude
-161.8253° or 161° 49′ 31″ west
Elevation
230 feet (70 metres)
Open location code
92RW659F+7V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Chamisso Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Spanish—“Chamisso Island” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Şamisso”
- Cebuano: “Chamisso Island”
- Dutch: “Chamisso Island”
- German: “Chamisso Island”
- Hungarian: “Chamisso-sziget”
- Italian: “isola di Chamisso”
- Italian: “Isola di Chamisso”
- Latin: “insula Chamissonis”
- Russian: “Шамиссо”
- Spanish: “Isla Chamisso”
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