Information About

Dry Spruce Island

Dry Spruce Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Kodiak Island
Nearest City:
Part of:
Elevation:
  • 10 ft (3.05 m)
About

between Dry Spruce Bay and Kupreanof Strait, off N coast of Kodiak I. 1.5 mile long.

History of Dry Spruce Island

Named "Poluostrov Sukhago Yelnika," meaning "dry spruce peninsula," in 1839 or 1840 by Sub. Lieutenant Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published in 1949 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425 which shows a sand bar connecting this island to the north coast of Kodiak Island.