Perl 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
  1. "Perl Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.

59.115°N 151.681°W / 59.115; -151.681

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