| Seal Islands | |
| Local Name: | --> |
| Nickname: | --> |
| Pushpin Map: | Alaska |
| Coordinates: | 56.6775°N -159.4097°W |
| Location: | Bering Sea |
| Length Mi: | 7 |
| 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: | +1 907 |
The Seal Islands are a group of 12/+ islands in the Bering Sea, trending northeast 7miles, close to the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska, 33miles southwest of Port Heiden, Alaska Airfield; Bristol Bay Low.[1]
The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on Russian maps. They were given their name by Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov, who charted the Northwest Coasts of America (1852, map 24), IRN. They appeared for the first time as "Seal Islands" on an USBF chart in 1888.[1]