Whale Island

Whale Island is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago of the Gulf of Alaska in , , , off the northern end of , south of Afognak Island.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the United States of America
  • Also known as: Govorushechie Island”, “Ketoy Island”, “Kitoi Island”, “Kittiwake Island”, “Ostrov Govorushechiy”, and “Ostrov Kitoy

Whale Island

Latitude
57.9525° or 57° 57′ 9″ north
Longitude
-152.79194° or 152° 47′ 31″ west
Elevation
325 feet (99 metres)
Open location code
9399X625+X6
Geo­Names ID
5877923
Wiki­data ID
Q674252
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Russian—“Whale Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Veyl adası
  • Cebuano: Whale Island
  • Chinese: 惠爾島
  • Dutch: Whale Island
  • French: Whale Island
  • German: Whale Island
  • Italian: isola Whale
  • Italian: Isola Whale
  • Russian: Уэйл

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