Fillmore Island
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Fillmore Island is an island in Southeast Alaska, United States. The island lies between Fillmore Inlet and Pearse Canal.[1] The island was charted by George Vancouver in 1793, who sailed around it and proved its insular nature.[2] It was named in 1885 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey after Ensign John Hudson Fillmore, USN.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fillmore Island
- ^ Vancouver, George, and John Vancouver (1801). A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world. London: J. Stockdale.
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54°49′40″N 130°33′34″W / 54.82778°N 130.55944°W
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