Puffin Island (Alaska)
Native name: Aġviat | |
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 Puffin Island in the foreground, looking to Chamisso Island | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Arctic |
| Coordinates | 66°13′40″N 161°51′31″W / 66.22778°N 161.85861°W |
| Administration | |
United States | |
| State | Alaska |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Puffin Island (Iñupiaq: Aġviat) is a rocky islet in the Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay, just south of the Choris Peninsula, in the Northwest Arctic Borough at 66°13′40″N 161°51′31″W / 66.22778°N 161.85861°W.
This island is located 415 m (454 yd) NW of Chamisso Island, 58 mi (93 km) . SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. Puffin Island is a steep rock and, though much smaller than Chamisso Island, it has many more nesting birds on its surface, especially horned puffins. Both islands are part of the Chamisso Wilderness in the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.[1]
This island was named in 1826 by Captain Frederick William Beechey (1831, p. 255), RN. He wrote, "Detached from Chamisso there is a steep rock which by way of distinction we named Puffin Island."
Puffin Island has been a Natural Reserve since December 7, 1912. The protected area (Chamisso Wilderness) includes Chamisso Island and Puffin Island, as well as some rocky islets nearby.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Chukchi Sea Unit, AMNWR Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- ^ Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: Appendix B
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