The Seal Islands are a group of 12/+ islands in the
Bering Sea, trending northeast , close to the shores of
Bristol Bay,
Alaska
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, southwest of
Port Heiden, Alaska Airfield; Bristol Bay Low.
Etymology
The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on
Russia
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n maps. They were given their name by Captain
Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov, who charted the Northwest Coasts of America (1852, map 24), IRN. They appeared for the first time as "Seal Islands" on an USBF chart in 1888.
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References
Further reading
Captain Mikhail Dmitrievich Tebenkov
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Islands of Aleutians East Borough, Alaska
Islands of the Bering Sea
Islands of Alaska