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Chamisso 
View of Chamisso Island as seen from Puffin Island.Geography Location 66°13′07″N 161°49′33″W / 66.21861°N 161.82583°W Length 1.4 mi (2.3 km) Width 0.125 mi (0.201 km) Highest elevation 226 ft (68.9 m) Country Chamisso Island is a small island in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay, just south of the Choris Peninsula.
The island is roughly triangular. It is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long and an 0.125 miles (0.201 km) wide. The highest point on Chamisso Island is 226 feet (68.9 m) above sea level.
Chamisso Island sand spit
Chamisso Island has been a Natural Reserve since December 7, 1912. The protected area, the Chamisso Wilderness, includes Chamisso Island and nearby Puffin Island, as well as some rocky islets nearby.[1] Both islands are part of the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.[2]
This island was named after naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso, who reached the island in 1816.
See also
References
- ^ Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: Appendix B
- ^ Chukchi Sea Unit, AMNWR U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
External links
Islands of the Chukchi SeaBig Diomede, Russia • Chamisso Island • Diomede Islands • Herald Island • Idlidlya Island • Karkarpko Island • Kasegaluk Lagoon Islands • Kolyuchin Island • Kosa Dvukh Pilotov • Little Diomede, US • Puffin Island • Sarichef Island • Seahorse Islands • Serykh Gusey Islands • Wrangel Island • Yuzhnyy IslandCategories:- Islands of Alaska
- Landforms of Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
- Islands of the Chukchi Sea
- Northern Alaska geography stubs
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