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Chatham Island

Chatham Island

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Region:
  • Kenai Peninsula
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at entrance to Port Chatham on Kenai Peninsula 16 mi. S of Seldovia, Chugach Mts. 500 feet long.

History of Chatham Island

Named by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1908 for Port Chatham. The island was named "El Sombrero", meaning "the hat," on an unpublished Spanish map by Don Ignacio Arteaga, Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, and Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1779.