Kennon Island

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Kennon Island
Waters Bering Sea
Geographical location 52 ° 56 ′  N , 173 ° 15 ′  E Coordinates: 52 ° 56 ′  N , 173 ° 15 ′  E
Kennon Island (Alaska)
Kennon Island
Residents uninhabited
Map of the northeast of Attu
Map of the northeast of Attu

Kennon Island is an island in the mouth of Chichagof Harbor on the northeast side of Attu , the largest of the Near Islands in the Aleutian Islands . The island was discovered in July 1855 on the North Pacific Surveying Expedition by Lt. William Gibson , USN , commander of the schooner USS Fenimore Cooper , after Lt. Beverly Kennon named.