United StatesAlexander ArchipelagoIsland
Admiralty Island
4,362 km² rising to 1,477 m out of the Pacific Ocean.
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
4,362km²
Area
768km
Coastline
measured on a simplified outline
1,477m
Highest point
8km
To the mainland
When to go to Admiralty Island
Good all year round.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States
Admiralty Island is an island in United States. It belongs to Alexander Archipelago. It covers 4,362 km², with 768 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1,477 m. The nearest mainland is 8 km away.
Getting there
- Juneau International Airport (JNU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 78 km in a straight lineCar hire at JNU airport (Juneau)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- 8 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Admiralty Island.
- 1viewpointsViewing Spit
- 22named peaksEagle Peak, Randolph Peak, Thayer Mountain and 19 more
- 28waterfalls
- 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Admiralty Island in our other atlases
Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Admiralty Island, each with its own numbers.
9lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
13.2km²
Hasselborg Lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
19.5°C
Lake Guerin
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
9 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Hasselborg Lake13.2km²
- Thayer Lake11.3km²
- Lake Florence3.5km²
- Distin Lake3.2km²
- Lake Guerin1.6km²
- Lake Alexander1.6km²
- Jims Lake1.2km²
- Peanut Lake0.71km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 319 m above the sea. 44 % of it is below 200 m.
- 14 %0–50 m
- 29 %50–200 m
- 32 %200–500 m
- 24 %500–1,000 m
- 1 %1,000–2,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
100 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Night low (°C) | -2 | -2 | -2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | -1 |
| Rain (mm) | 232 | 148 | 151 | 131 | 120 | 122 | 158 | 205 | 266 | 268 | 236 | 237 |
| Wet days | 22 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Sun h/day | 0.4 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Wind (km/h) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
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| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q359266) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | Natural Earth · public domain |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
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