Information About

Wrangell Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Wrangell Island on The Map

Location

56 ° 51' 11.002" N,
135 ° 29' 33" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Elevation

33 ft (10.06 m)

Wrangell Island in Detail.

About

in Necker Is., E of Biorka I., 16 mi. SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.4 mile long

History

Named in 1809 by Ivan Vasiliev, the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Bol(shoy) Vrangel,: meaning "Big Rangell Island."

Places Near Wrangell Island
Cities:

The Redoubt,

Archipelagos:

Apple Islands, Gillmore Islands, Kutchuma Islands, Necker Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands, Taigud Islands,

Areas:

South Rocks,

Bars:

Alexander Rock, Alice Island, Bare Rock, Biorka Reef, Black Rock, Channel Rock, Ferebee Rock, Frosty Reef, Harbor Rock, Keene Rock, Liar Rocks, Makhnati Rock, Middle Rock, Mitchell Rock, Nicholson Rocks, North Rock, Rocky Patch, Rose Rock, Sentinel Rock, Shoal Island, Simpson Rock, Tsaritsa Rock, Usher Rock, Vasilief Bank,

Bays:

Aleutkina Bay, Big Bay, Crane Cove, Crescent Bay, Herring Bay, Hot Springs Bay, Jamestown Bay, Kanga Bay, Kidney Cove, Kliuchevoi Bay, Marsh Bay, Mielkoi Cove, Pirate Cove, President Bay, Redoubt Bay, Rocky Cove, Samsing Cove, Sandy Cove, Sealing Cove, Sevenfathom Bay, Sitka Harbor, Sitka Sound, Symonds Bay, Thomsen Harbor, Three Entrance Bay, Whiting Harbor,

Capes:

Point Woodhouse, Cape Burunof, Hanus Point, Kliuchef Peninsula, Peresheek Point, Povorotni Point, Shoals Point, Silver Point, Watson Point,

Channels:

Biorka Channel, Dorothy Narrows, Eastern Channel, First Narrows, Islet Passage, Koka Island Passage, Middle Channel, Western Channel, Windy Passage,

Cities:

Sitka,

Dams:

Indian River Dam, Sheldon Jackson College Dam,

Fictional Places:

Port Anna,

Hills:

The Beehive, Castle Hill,

Islands:

Aleutski Island, Ataku Island, Ball Islets, Bamdoroshni Island, Battery Island, Beardslee Islands, Belknap Islands, Berry Island, Biali Rock, Biorka Island, Blackbird Island, Boidarkin Island, Breast Island, Calligan Island, Calming Island, Cannon Island, Caution Island, Charcoal Island, Cobb Island, Dove Island, The Eckholms, Elovoi Island, Emgeten Island, Entrance Islet, Error Island, Fankuda Islet, Fassett Island, Fragrant Island, Fritz Island, Fruit Island, Fruit Islands, Galankin Island, Galkin Island, Glagolm Island, Gold Island, Gold Island, Golf Island, Goloi Island, Golovni Island, Gornoi Island, Griffith Island, Guertin Island, Gull Islet, Gunboat Rock, Hanus Islet, Harbor Island, Harris Island, Ilput Island, Impassible Island, Jacknife Islands, Jacob Rock, Japonski Island, John Rock, Jug Island, Kaiuchali Island, Kamennoi Island, Kanga Island, Katz Island, Kayak Islands, Kirbas Island, Kirushkin Island, Kita Island, Kliuchevoi Island, Koka Island, Kolash Island, Korga Island, Kulichkof Rock, Kutkan Island, Lava Island, Legma Island, Liesnoi Island, Liesnoi Island, Line Island, Little Biorka Island, Little Wrangell Island, Long Island, Love Island, Low Island, Luce Island, Maid Island, Makhnati Island, Martin Island, McClellan Group, Mertz Island, Minett Island, Mogilnoi Island, Morne Island, Naerie Rock, Nameless Island, Nepovorotni Rocks, Neva Island, Nevski Island, North Rock, Obsechki Island, Parker Group, Passage Islands, Peisar Island, Pishak Island, Pritchard Rock, Rachek Island, Rashimosti Island, Ring Island, Road Island, Rockwell Island, Rockwell Island, Rogers Island, Round Island, Sasedni Island, Scow Island, Sheep Island, Signal Island, Smith Island, Sosnovoi Island, Stewart Island, Stewart Island, Surf Rock, Taigud Island, Tava Island, Terbilon Island, Tiurpa Island, Torsar Island, Turning Island, The Twins, Ulinoi Island, Unishka Island, Urilof Island, Vasilief Rock, Viesokoi Rock, Virublennoi Island, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Volga Island, Whale Island, Wrangell Island, Zenobia Rock,

Lakes:

Swan Lake,

Mountains:

Camel Mountain, Mount Dranishnikof, Mount Kinkaid, Mount Kliuchef,

Mountain Passes:

Ellsworth Cut, Western Anchorage,

Mountain Ranges:

The Pyramids,

Rivers:

Dranishnikov River, Indian River,

Streams:

Freds Creek, Kizhuchia Creek, Peterson Creek,

Routes:

Mount Verstovia Trail, Mount Edgecumbe Trail,

Cities:

Goddard,