Zubof Rock

Infobox Islands
name = Zubof
location = Sitka City and Borough, Alaska
coordinates = coord|57|17|32|N|134|55|52|W|display=inline,title
archipelago = Alexander Archipelago
length = convert|400|yd|m|1|lk=on
country = United States

Zubof Rock is a small island near Sitka, Alaska, United States, off the northeast coast of Baranof Island. Located in an area of Kelp Bay known as The Basin, it was entered into the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System on March 31, 1981. Its name dates back to 1895 as Zuboff, which was a Russian surname, as reported by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser of the United States Navy. [ [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1415901 USGS GNIS Feature Detail Report] ]

Typically seen at low tides, Zubof Rock is about convert|400|yd|m|1|lk=on long from north to south. It is about convert|0.375|mi|km|1|lk=on southwest of Crow Island. [U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. "United States Coast Pilot: Alaska, Part I: Dixon Entrance to Yakutat Bay, Sixth Edition", p. 177. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917.]

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