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Baranof Island

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 57' 5" N,
134 ° 56' 52.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Part of

Baranof Archipelago

Elevation

3028 ft (922.93 m)

Fatalities

1

Tributaries

Graystone Cliff, Emgeten Island, Slate Islets, Annahootz Mountain, Arrowhead Peak, Camel Mountain, Cupola Peak, Eureka Mountain, Grouse Peak, Harbor Peak, Kanalku Mountain, Lucky Chance Mountain, The Pyramids, Gavan Hill,

Baranof Island in Detail.

About

between Alex. Arch. and Chatham Strait, extends SE from Peril Strait to Christian Sound, Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1805 by Captain U. F. Lisianski, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), for Alexander Andreievich Baranov, first Governor of the Russian American colonies. Baranov was in charge of building the first headquarters of the Russian American Company (then the Shelikov Company) at Kodiak (St. Paul) in 1792, and moved it in 1799-1800 to Sitka (New Archangel).

Fatalities

On October 29, 2024, 1 person died while hunting. Read More

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Topo Maps

Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander (1951), Port Alexander D-3 (1951), Port Alexander D-3 (1951), Port Alexander D-3 (1951), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander (1952), Port Alexander D-3 (1995), Port Alexander D-3 NW (2017),
Related Places
Gavan Hill,
Places Near Baranof Island
Cities:

Silver Bay,

Bays:

Bear Cove, Cascade Bay, Crawfish Inlet, Nelson Bay, Red Bluff Bay, Secluded Bay, Shamrock Bay, Takatz Bay, Warm Spring Bay, Warm Springs Bay,

Capes:

Point Turbot, Deer Point,

Islands:

Arguello Island, Baranof Island, O-Neil Island, Reshimosti Island, Takatz Islands, White Rock,

Lakes:

Baranof Lake, Bear Lake, Benzeman Lake, Carbon Lake, Deep Lake, Lake Diana, Lake Ekaterina, Four Falls Lake, Glacier Lake, Green Lake, Indigo Lake, Lake Irina, Long Lake, Lucky Chance Lakes, Luna Lake, Medvejie Lake, Pinta Lake, Politofski Lake, Sadie Lake, Salmon Lake, Salt Lagoon, Takatz Lake,

Mountains:

Bahovec Peak, Bahovec Peak, Mount Bassie, Bear Mountain, Cupola Peak, Mount Furuhelm, Mount Harding, Lucky Chance Mountain, Mount Race, Mount Radamaker,

Rivers:

Baranof River, Vodopad River,

Streams:

Salmon Creek, Takatz Creek,

Routes:

Blue Lake to Glacier Lake Trail, Redoubt Lake Trail, Silver Bay Trail,

Cities:

Baranof,