Queer Island

Queer Island is an island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, in the United States.[1] The name is derived from a translation of the Russian "Ostrov Chudnoy".[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Queer Island
  2. Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 787.


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