Biorka Island
Biorka Island is an island near Sitka, Alaska. The National [Weather Service] has a radar there. The island is also a popular spot to watch sealions. Thus, a 2005 proposal by the State of Alaska to give a parcel of on the island to the University of Alaska stirred up a controversy.
The original name in the Tlingit language for the island is Watsíxh.