The Seal Islands are a group of coastal islands in the Bering Sea, close to the shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska. The Bering (or Imarpik) Sea is a body of water in the Pacific Ocean that comprises a deep water basin (the Aleutian Basin) which rises through Bristol Bay ( Iilgayaq in Central Yup'ik) is the eastern-most arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent
The Seal Islands consist of a 11 km long sand bar broken at various points and forming a dozen or more long and narrow islands. The highest point is 1 m. Administratively these islands belong to the Aleutians East Borough, Alaska. Aleutians East Borough (əˈljuːʃənz is a 2nd class borough located in the U They are located 50 km to the southwest of Port Heiden Airfield. Port Heiden is a city in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
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.
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