Information About

Port Wrangell

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 2' 28" N,
156 ° 35' 3.001" W

Region

Lake and Peninsula

Nearest City

King Salmon

Port Wrangell in Detail.

About

extends NW from Cape Providence, on E coast of Alaska Peninsula, 35 mi. NE of Sutwik I., Aleutian Range

History

Surveyed in 1831 by Ensign Vasiliev and named for Admiral Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell, 1794-1870, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), Director Russian-American colonies. The name was published in 1835 as "B(aie) Wrangel" by Admiral A. J. von Krusenstern, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).