Refuge Island
Refuge Island is an islet in Kodiak Island, Alaska. Refuge Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Aleksashkina.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Kodiak Island Borough, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ostrov Ubezhishcha”, “Ostrov Ubezhisheha”, “Poverty Rock”, “Refuge Rock”, and “Ubezhitsha”
- Historically known as: “Poverty Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kodiak.
Kodiak
Photo: Coast Guard, Public domain.
Kodiak Island is in southwestern Alaska, in the Gulf of Alaska, 250 miles south of Anchorage. It is Alaska's largest island and second largest in the US, after the Big Island in Hawaii. The City of Kodiak is situated on the east shore of Kodiak Island.
Refuge Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
57.74616° or 57° 44′ 46″ northLongitude
-152.29978° or 152° 17′ 59″ westElevation
59 feet (18 metres)Open location code
9399PPW2+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 105283389OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5872621Wikidata ID
Q49674480
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Refuge Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Refuge Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Alaska)”
- Cebuano: “Refuge Island”
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