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Poa Island

Poa Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians East
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 223 ft (67.97 m)
About

1 mi. SE of Akun I., Krenitzin Islands., Aleutian Islands.

History of Poa Island

Named in 1888 by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) for a genus of grasses. Captain Tebnenkov (1852, map 26), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), called it O(strov) Tumannoi, meaning Foggy Island.