Information About

Goose Island

Quick Facts

Region:

Aleutians East

Nearest City:

False Pass

Elevation:

52 ft (15.85 m)

About

part of Sandman Reefs, 10 mi. S of Deer I., Aleutian Range. 0.7 mile long.

History of Goose Island

Translation by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888 of the Russian name "o(strov) Gusinyy" meaning "Island of Geese" published in 1847 by t8e Russian Hydrographic Dept. on Chart 1379. The island was called in Russian-French "Sivoutchy (du lion marin) rocher" meaning "Seal Lion Rock" by Lutke (1836, p. 271). It was reported as Big Goose Island by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), and publis8ed on Chart 806 of U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1882.

Found on the following Topo Maps

False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1949), False Pass (1950), False Pass (1950), False Pass C-1 (1963), False Pass C-1 (1963),

Places Near Goose Island

Bars:

Sandman Reefs, Sandman Reefs,

Bays:

Bent Cove,

Capes:

Bent Cape, Fawn Point, Paw Cape,

Islands:

Alma Island, Bun Rock, Buyan Islands, Cherni Island, Eagle Island, Fawn Island, Goose Island, Hague Rock, Hay Island, High Island, Hunt Island, Little Goose Island, Mean Rock, Midun Island, Southwest Islands,

Streams:

Southern Creek,