Kruzof Island

Kruzof Island
Native name:
Tlikh
Map
Geography
ArchipelagoAlexander Archipelago
Area167.47 sq mi (433.7 km2)
Length24 mi (39 km)
Width9 mi (14 km)
Highest elevation3,201 ft (975.7 m)
Highest pointMount Edgecumbe
Administration
United States
StateAlaska

57°10′14″N 135°40′29″W / 57.17056°N 135.67472°W / 57.17056; -135.67472

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]

  1. ^ 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. crooze russia.
  2. ^ a b Orth, Donald J. (1967). Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, Geological Survey, Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office.