Fire Island (Aleutian Islands)

Fire Island (Aleutian Islands)

Fire Island is located in the eastern Aleutian Islands at coord|53|56|N|168|2|W. It emerged in 1883, forming a companion island to Bogoslof Island. Originally, this Fire Island was named New Bogoslof (also Grewingk, after an Alaskan geologist).In 1909, President Theodore Roosevelt made Bogoslof and New Bogoslof a federally protected bird sanctuary.


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