Hawkins Island is an island in the northern part of the
Gulf of Alaska
The Gulf of Alaska (Tlingit: ''Yéil T'ooch’'') is an arm of the Pacific Ocean defined by the curve of the southern coast of Alaska, stretching from the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island in the west to the Alexander Archipelago in the east, ...
in the state of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, United States. It lies just west of the city of
Cordova, between that city and the further offshore
Hinchinbrook Island
Hinchinbrook Island (or Pouandai to the Biyaygiri people) is an island in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It lies east of Cardwell and north of Lucinda, separated from the north-eastern coast of Queensland by the narrow Hi ...
.
Prince William Sound
Prince William Sound (Sugpiaq: ''Suungaaciq'') is a sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula. Its largest port is Valdez, at the southern terminus of the Tr ...
lies to the north side of the island, while
Orca Inlet
Orca Inlet is an arm of Prince William Sound in southern Alaska. The town of Cordova was founded on its coast in 1906. All marine traffic reaches the town through Orca Inlet.
Geography
Orca Inlet lies south and east of Hawkins Island at . Th ...
and the main body of the Gulf of Alaska lie to its south. Hawkins Island has a land area of 176.388 km
2 (68.1039 sq mi) and a population of four persons was reported as of the
2000 census.
References
*United States Geological Survey, Geographic names identification syste
Feature Detail Report for Hawkins IslandHawkins Island: Block 1172, Census Tract 2, Valdez-Cordova Census Area, Alaska
United States Census Bureau
Islands of Alaska
Islands of Chugach Census Area, Alaska
Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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