History of Wrangell Island

Name published in 1848 as "Os(trov) Vrangelya" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1396; named for Admiral Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell. According to Captain Tebenkov (1852, p. 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), the Indian name was "Os(trov) Kachkhanna."

Found on the following Topo Maps

Places Near Wrangell Island

Blanche Rock, City of Topeka Rock,

Berg Basin, Glacier Basin, Groundhog Basin,

Berg Bay, Earl West Cove, Fools Inlet, Madan Bay, Menefee Inlet, Olive Cove, Shoemaker Bay, Southeast Cove, Southwest Cove, Thoms Place, Whaletail Cove,

Point Madan, Point Shekesti, Point Warde, Point Highfield, Anita Point, Babbler Point, Capel Point, Cemetery Point, Gerard Point, Kuakan Point, Nemo Point, Polk Point, Thoms Point, Turn Point, Whaletail Point,

Blake Channel, Eastern Passage, The Narrows, Zimovia Strait,

Wrangell,

Wrangell Lower Dam, Wrangell Upper Dam,

Nelson Glacier,

Dewey Hill,

The Eye Opener, Button Island, Channel Island, Deadmans Island, Etolin Island, Found Island, Neptune Island, Trap Rock, Turn Island, Village Islands, Wrangell Island, Young Rock, Zimovia Islets,

Highbush Lake, Long Lake, Olive Lake, Pats Lake, Thoms Lake, Virginia Lake,

Berg Mountain, Chichagof Peak, Marsha Peak,

Thoms Place State Marine Park,

Aaron Creek, Crittenden Creek, Earl West Creek, Glacier Creek, Institute Creek, McCormack Creek, Mill Creek, Olive Creek, Pat Creek, Porterfield Creek, Salamander Creek, Thoms Creek,

Aaron Creek Trail, Highbush Lake Trail, Long Lake Trail, Thoms Lake Trail,

Thoms Place,

Rainbow Falls,