Alaskan island
Perl Island , also known as Pearl Island , is a mountainous island off the Kenai Peninsula coast of Alaska .[ 1] One of the Chugach Islands , it is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long and 1.75 miles (2.82 km) wide.[ 2] It is named for Perl D. Blodgett, a 19th-century settler in Kodiak .[ 1] [ 3]
On May 3, 2010, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island rescued the fishing boat Wahoo south of Perl Island.[ 4]
References
^ a b "Perl Island" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 26, 2020 .
^ U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1916). United States Coast Pilot: Alaska. Part II: Yakutat Bay to Arctic Ocean . Washington, DC: GPO. p. 77 . Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
^ U.S. Department of the Interior (1942). Decisions of the United States Board on Geographical Names: Decisions Rendered Between July 1, 1940, and June 30, 1941 . Washington, DC: GPO. p. 42. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
^ "Photo Release: Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island tows disabled vessel to Homer" . 2010-05-03. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2015 .
59°06′54″N 151°40′52″W / 59.115°N 151.681°W / 59.115; -151.681