Puffin Island (Alaska)
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This island is located Script error: No such module "convert". NW of Chamisso Island, Script error: No such module "convert". . 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, black-legged kittiwakes, and thick-billed murres which build their nests on the steep-walled cliffs that fall into Spafarief Bay. Iñupiat cross from the mainland to gather eggs, primarily from kittiwakes and murres. With the exception of birds and the occasional fox that crosses frozen sea in winter, nothing lives on the islands. Walruses, seals, and whales can often be seen in Spafarief Bay.[1] Both islands are part of the Chamisso Wilderness in the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.[2]
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.[3]
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- ↑ Chamisso Wilderness Template:Webarchive - Wilderness.net
- ↑ Chukchi Sea Unit, AMNWR Template:Webarchive U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- ↑ Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: Appendix B
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