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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Fire Island (Aleutian Islands)

Fire Island is located in the eastern Aleutian Islands at 53°56′36″N 168°02′45″W / 53.94333°N 168.04583°W / 53.94333; -168.04583. 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. Both islands are currently part of the Bogoslof Wilderness in the Aleutian Islands unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

References

  1. ^ Voice, Senior. "Alaska's island of mystery". Senior Voice. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  2. ^ "Life returns fast to lonely island". www.uaf.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-11.