Revillagigedo Island

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name = Revillagigedo


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archipelago = Alexander Archipelago
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area = convert|1063.65|sqmi|km2
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width = convert|35|mi|km
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country = United States
country admin divisions title = State
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country admin divisions title 1 = Borough
country admin divisions 1 = Ketchikan Gateway Borough
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population = 13950
population as of = 2000
density = 5.06
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Revillagigedo Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in Ketchikan Gateway Borough of the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Alaska. Running about 89 km (50 mi) north-south and 48 km (35 mi) east-west, it is 2,754.835 km² (1,063.65 mi²) in area, making it the 12th largest island in the United States and the 166th largest island in the world. Its center is located near coord|55|35|N|131|06|W|region:US.

The island is separated from the Alaska mainland to the east by Behm Canal, from Prince of Wales Island to the west by the Clarence Strait, and from Annette Island to the south by the Revillagigedo Channel and Nichols Passage. It was explored by Russian, British and Spanish explorers in the 18th century, and named by the latter for Juan Vicente de Güemes Padilla Horcasitas y Aguayo, 2nd Count of Revillagigedo, then viceroy of Mexico, in 1793.

The island's population was 13,950 as of the 2000 census. The only cities on the island are Ketchikan and Saxman. The principal industries are fishing, canning, logging and tourism. In addition to the stationary cities, there are several barge-based logging communities which move about. These serve the unconnected system of logging roads that dot the island.

References

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=d&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=true&-all_geo_types=N&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001075&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001076&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001077&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001078&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001079&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001080&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001081&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001082&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001083&-geo_id=100$10000US021300001001084&-search_results=100$10000US021300001002000&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Revillagigedo Island: Blocks 1075 thru 1112, 1115 thru 1120, 1122 and 1123, 1127 thru 1130, 1137 thru 1143, Block Group 1; and Block Groups 2 thru 4, Census Tract 1; Census Tracts 2 thru 4; Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska] United States Census Bureau

External links

* [http://www.bartleby.com/69/44/R02144.html Revillagigedo Island] , The Columbia Gazetteer of North America