Seal Islands

Russian Orthodox priest and members of his congregation, ca. 1905
Seal Islands
Geography
Location	Bering Sea
Coordinates	56°40′39″N 159°24′35″W / 56.67750°N 159.40972°W / 56.67750; -159.40972
Length	7 mi (11 km)[1]
Administration
United States
State	Alaska
Borough	Aleutians East
Additional information
Time zone	AKST (UTC-9)
• Summer (DST)	AKDT (UTC-8)
ZIP code	99...
Area code	+1 907

The Seal Islands are a group of 12/+ islands in the Bering Sea, trending northeast 7 miles (11 km), close to the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska, 33 miles (53 km) southwest of Port Heiden, Alaska Airfield; Bristol Bay Low.^[1]

Etymology

The Seal Islands appear as "Ostrova Nerpichoi," meaning "Seal Islands" on Russian 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.^[1]