Perl Island, also known as Pearl Island, is a mountainous island off the Kenai Peninsula coast of Alaska.[1] One of the Chugach Islands, it is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long and 1.75 miles (2.82 km) wide.[2] It is named for Perl D. Blodgett, a 19th-century settler in Kodiak.[1][3]

On May 3, 2010, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island rescued the fishing boat Wahoo south of Perl Island.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Perl Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1916). United States Coast Pilot: Alaska. Part II: Yakutat Bay to Arctic Ocean. Washington, DC: GPO. p. 77. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ U.S. Department of the Interior (1942). Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names: Decisions Rendered Between July 1, 1940, and June 30, 1941. Washington, DC: GPO. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island tows disabled vessel to Homer". 2010-05-03. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

59°06′54″N 151°40′52″W / 59.115°N 151.681°W / 59.115; -151.681

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