Information About

Sand Islands

Sand Islands

Quick Facts

Region:

Wade Hampton (CA)

Nearest City:

Chevak

Parent:

Alexander Archipelago

Archipelagos:

Neragon Island,

Islands:

Krekatok Island,

About

consists of Krekatok and Neragon Is., extends N-S between Bering Sea and Scammon Bay, Yuukon-Kuskokwim Delta.

History of Sand Islands

Named by Dall (1870, p. 263) who wrote "Seven miles off the coast are two long islands, or dry sand-bars, known as the Sandy Islands."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Hooper Bay (1951), Hooper Bay D-3 (1953), Hooper Bay D-3 (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953), Hooper Bay (1953),

Places Near Sand Islands

Archipelagos:

Neragon Island, Sand Islands,

Bays:

Kongishluk Bay, Scammon Bay, Windy Cove,

Capes:

Cape Romanzof, Point Smith,

Islands:

Aniktun Island, Krekatok Island,

Mountains:

Towak Mountain,

Streams:

Ekashluak Creek, Kawiakpak Creek, Nilumat Creek, Towak Creek,