Perl Island Explained

Perl Island, also known as Pearl Island, is a mountainous island off the Kenai Peninsula coast of Alaska. One of the Chugach Islands, it is about 2.5miles long and 1.75miles wide.[1] It is named for Perl D. Blodgett, a 19th-century settler in Kodiak.[2]

On May 3, 2010, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island rescued the fishing boat Wahoo south of Perl Island.[3]

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59.115°N -151.681°W

Notes and References

  1. Book: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey . United States Coast Pilot: Alaska. Part II: Yakutat Bay to Arctic Ocean . Washington, DC . GPO . 77 . 1916 . August 10, 2015 .
  2. Book: U.S. Department of the Interior . Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names: Decisions Rendered Between July 1, 1940, and June 30, 1941 . Washington, DC . GPO . 42 . 1942 . August 10, 2015 .
  3. News: Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island tows disabled vessel to Homer. 2010-05-03. August 10, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050954/http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1386835/Photo-Release-Coast-Guard-Cutter-Roanoke-Island-tows-disabled-vessel-to-Homer. March 4, 2016. dead.

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