Native name: Tlikh | |
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| Geography | |
| Archipelago | Alexander Archipelago |
| Area | 167.47 sq mi (433.7 km2) |
| Length | 24 mi (39 km) |
| Width | 9 mi (14 km) |
| Highest elevation | 3,201 ft (975.7 m) |
| Highest point | Mount Edgecumbe |
| Administration | |
United States | |
| State | Alaska |
57°10′14″N 135°40′29″W / 57.17056°N 135.67472°W
Kruzof Island (Russian: остров Крузов) is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It is about 16 km (10 mi) west of Sitka, and is part of the City and Borough of Sitka. It was named in 1805 by Captain U.T. Lisianski as Crooze Island,[1] after a Russian Admiral.[2] It hosts the region's only volcano, Mount Edgecumbe.
In 1849, Captain Tebenkov recorded the Tlingit name for the island as being Tlikh.[2]
- ^ Whymper, Frederick (1869). Travel and adventure in the territory of Alaska formerly Russian America, now ceded to the United States, and in various other parts of the north Pacific. New York: Harper & Bros. pp. 97.
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- ^ a b Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Geological Survey, Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.