Information About

Skin Island

Skin Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 39 ft (11.89 m)
About

in Clarence Strait near entrance to Cholmondeley Sound, on E coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.

History of Skin Island

Name published in the 1869 Coast Pilot (p. 79). Published in 1853 as "O(strov) Shkin" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1493; probably named by early traders (Baker, 1906, p. 580).