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Afognak and Raspberry islands are the only locations in Alaska with elk populations. [2] The island's Roosevelt Elk developed from eight calves translocated from Washington state's Olympic Peninsula in 1928. [3] The elk have adapted well to the island, with some mature bulls weighing nearly 1,300 pounds (590 kg). [4]
Some mature bulls from Raspberry Island in Alaska have weighed nearly 1,300 lb (590 kg). [ 2 ] Although the largest elk subspecies by body mass, by antler size both the Boone and Crockett (rifle) [ 10 ] and Pope and Young (bow) [ 11 ] records have Rocky Mountain elk being larger; none of the top 10 Roosevelt elk would score in the top 20 of ...
Afognak (Alutiiq: Agw’aneq; [1] Russian: Афогнак [2]) is an island in the Kodiak Archipelago 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Kodiak Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.It is 43 miles (69 km) long from east to west and 23 miles (37 km) wide from north to south and has a land area of 1,812.58 km 2 (699.84 sq mi), making it the 18th largest island in the United States.
Fire Island (Anchorage, Alaska) Fire Island (Kashevarof Passage) First Kekur; Fish Creek Island; Fish Egg Island; Fish Island; Fish Islands; Fish Rock; Fishhook Island; Fitz Island; Fitzgerald Island; Fivemile Island; Flapjack Island; Flat Island; Flat Islands; Flat Lakes Island; Flat Top Rock; Flaxman Island; Fleece Rock; Fleming Island ...
Afognak Island State Park is a 75,047-acre (30,370 ha) Alaska state park on Afognak Island in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska in the United States. Afognak Island is northeast of Kodiak Island on the Alaska Peninsula. [1] Most of Afognak Island State Park is undeveloped. The park is known for its rugged topography and wide variety of wildlife ...
Alaskan halibut often weigh over 100 pounds (45 kg). Specimens under 20 pounds (9.1 kg) are often thrown back when caught. With a land area of 586,412 square miles (1,518,800 km 2), not counting the Aleutian islands, Alaska is one-fifth the size of lower 48 states, and as Ken Schultz [4] notes in his chapter on Alaska [5] "Alaska is a bounty of more than 3,000 rivers, more than 3 million lakes ...
The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge includes the southwestern two-thirds of Kodiak Island, Uganik Island, the Red Peaks area of Afognak Island and all of Ban Island in the archipelago. It encompasses 1,990,418 acres (8,054.94 km 2). [2] The refuge is administered from offices in Kodiak. The refuge contains seven major rivers and about 100 streams.
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