Kudobin Islands Explained

Kudobin Islands
Native Name:Kudobin Islands Archipelago
Nickname:-->
Pushpin Map:USA Alaska
Coordinates:56.0225°N -160.9222°W
Location:Bering Sea
Length Km:8
Elevation M:13
Country:United States
Country Admin Divisions Title:State
Country Admin Divisions:Alaska
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Borough
Country Admin Divisions 1:Aleutians East
Utc Offset:-9
Utc Offset Dst:-8
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:99...
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:907
Footnotes:[1]

The Kudobin Islands are a group of small islands in the Bering Sea, near the coast of Alaska, 13miles west of Port Moller, Bristol Bay Low. The group includes a cluster of other small coastal islands, the Walrus and Kritskoi Islands, forming a geographical whole.[1]

The Kudobin Islands are close to Nelson Lagoon. The largest island is about long and wide. The islands are flat, the highest point on theme being .

Etymology

These coastal islands were surveyed by Andrew Khudobin (IRN, one of Captain Fyodor Petrovich Litke's naval officers in 1828. Khudobin named the group French: Ile aux Loups or Wolf Island, according to Lutke. Lutke (1836, p. 263) called the group Khoudobine. Its present name, Khudobin Island, was given in 1882 by W. H. Dall, USC&GS.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 1405002. Kudobin Islands. 2009-05-04.