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Baranof Island [a] is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name "Baranof" was given to the island in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski in honor of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. [1] It was called Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (often expressed simply as "Shee" [2]) by the native ...
Windfall harbor in Admiralty Island, Alaska. The ABC Islands is the colloquial name for the Alaskan islands of Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof in the northern part of the Alexander Archipelago, which are all part of the Tongass National Forest. The islands are known for their wilderness and wildlife, including a dense brown bear population. [1]
Ketchikan on Revillagigedo Island and Sitka on Baranof Island are the largest towns on the islands. The most populous neighborhoods of the largest town in the region, Juneau , stand on the mainland, though portions of the city also lie on Douglas Island , which is a part of the archipelago.
Caribmap is a non-profit online library of historical and modern maps, including topographic maps, of the Caribbean islands. [1] Since its establishment in 1999, the site has accumulated approximately 1800 maps of the islands that have been printed since the beginning of the 16th century [2] The purpose of the site is to allow users, such as historians and scientists, to gain detailed ...
2.6 Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. 2.7 Caspian Sea. 2.8 Mediterranean Sea. 2.9 North Sea. 3 Bering Strait. 4 Indian Ocean. ... Baranof Archipelago; Barren ...
The following is a partial list of geographic features on Baranof Island: Lakes. Baranof Lake; Blue Lake; Camp Lake; Green Lake; Indigo Lake; Medvejie Lake; Redoubt Lake;
Redoubt Lake, or Kunaa Shak Áayi, [2] is a long, narrow lake on Baranof Island, near Sitka, Alaska. It is located in a glacially-carved valley in Tongass National Forest. It was named Ozero Glubokoye, meaning "deep lake", in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasilyev. [3] Redoubt Lake is one of the largest meromictic lakes in North America ...
Port Alexander is located at the southeastern end of Baranof Island.It occupies all land on Baranof and its surrounding islets which lies south of 56.27°N and east of 134.6666°W, a total of 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2), or less than one-quarter of one percent of Baranof Island's land area.