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Coordinates: 58°58′21″N 135°19′37″W / 58.97250°N 135.32694°W / 58.97250; -135.32694
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Sullivan Island is an island in Lynn Canal, southwest of Chilkat Island, Southeast Alaska, United States. It was named in 1869 by Commander R.W. Meade, USN, for the master of the schooner Louisa Downs, which had wrecked on the island in 1867. The Tlingit name for the island is "Schikuk".[1] The first European to discover and chart the island was Joseph Whidbey, master of the HMS Discovery during George Vancouver's 1791-95 expedition, in 1794.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sullivan Island
  2. ^ Vancouver, George, and John Vancouver (1801). A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world. London: J. Stockdale.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

58°58′21″N 135°19′37″W / 58.97250°N 135.32694°W / 58.97250; -135.32694


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