Battleship Island is an island in the City and Borough of Juneau

Juneau, Alaska

The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900...

, Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

, United States. Located in the Auke Bay portion of Lynn Canal

Lynn Canal

Lynn Canal is an inlet into the mainland of southeast Alaska.Lynn Canal runs about from the inlets of the Chilkat River south to Chatham Strait and Stephens Passage...

, it is 1.6 miles (2.6 km) south of the village of Auke Bay, Alaska

Auke Bay, Alaska

Auke Bay is a community located in the borough of Juneau, Alaska that contains Auke Bay Harbor, Auke Lake, the University of Alaska Southeast, a branch office of NOAA, an elementary school, a church, a post office, a bar, a coffee shop, a waffle house, a Thai restaurant, and two convenience stores....

, and 9.9 miles (15.9 km) northwest of the city of Juneau. The name was reported in a 1957 publication by R. N. DeArmond

R. N. DeArmond

Robert Neil "Bob" DeArmond was an American historian who specialized in the history of Alaska, especially the Alaska Panhandle. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, DeArmond wrote several historical columns for southeast Alaska publications; these included Days of Yore, Gastineau Bygones, and News of...

. It was collected by the United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 between 1976 and 1981, and entered into the Geographic Names Information System

Geographic Names Information System

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 on March 31, 1981.

The Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration is the national aviation authority of the United States. An agency of the United States Department of Transportation, it has authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S...

 erected a low level windshear alert system

Low level windshear alert system

A Low level windshear alert system measures wind speed and direction at remote sensor station sites situated around an airport.Each equipped airport may have as few as 6 or as many as 32 remote anemometer stations. The remote sensor data received is transmitted to a master station, which generates...

 tower on the island in order to assist incoming pilots to Juneau International Airport

Juneau International Airport

Juneau International Airport is a public-use airport and seaplane base located seven nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Juneau, a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska...

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Battleship Island is a part of the Channel Islands State Marine Park; it is used for picnicking and camping.