Chamisso Island
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Chamisso Island (Iñupiaq: Iguaġvik) is a small island in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska.[1] It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay, just south of the Choris Peninsula.
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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.[3] Both islands are part of the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.[4]
This island was named after naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso, who reached the island in 1816.
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- ↑ Chamisso Wilderness Script error: No such module "webarchive". - Wilderness.net
- ↑ Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: Appendix B
- ↑ Chukchi Sea Unit, AMNWR Script error: No such module "webarchive". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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