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Kosciusko Island

Kosciusko Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA)
Nearest City:
Elevation:
  • 1096 ft (334.06 m)
About

extends NE-SW Separated from Prince of Wales I. by El Capitan I., W of Clarence Strait, Alex. Arch.

History of Kosciusko Island

Named in 1879 by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS probably for Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciusko, 1746-1817, a Polish citizen who joined the American Revolutionary Army in 1776 as a volunteer and was appointed an engineer with the rank of colonel, later to become a major general.