Hagemeister Island (russian: Остров Гагемейстера) is an uninhabited
island
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
, located on the north shore of
Bristol Bay
Bristol Bay ( esu, Iilgayaq, russian: Залив Бристольский) is the easternmost arm of the Bering Sea, at 57° to 59° North 157° to 162° West in Southwest Alaska. Bristol Bay is 400 km (250 mi) long and 290 km, ( ...
at the entrance to
Togiak Bay Togiak Bay is an 18-mile-long (30 km) bay in the U.S. state of Alaska. It extends southwest from the Togiak River to Hagemeister Island and east 25 miles (40 km) from Tongue Point to the mouth of the Negukthlik River.
History
During the ...
.
The island is long, has a land area of , and its highest point is . It has no permanent population at the
2000 census.
It is named for
Russia
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n Captain
Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeister
Ludwig Karl August von Hagemeister (russian: Лео́нтий Андриа́нович Гагеме́йстер; Leontij Andrianovic Gagemejster;Baltic, Alix. ''The Baltic Connection in Russian America.'' Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas ...
(
IRN), who commanded three voyages to
Russian America
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and around the world. On the ''Neva'' in 1806–07, on the ''Kutuzov'' in 1816–19, and in 1828–30 on the Krothoy. The name was published as "Ostrov Gagemeister" by Lt. Sarichev (1826, map 3).
The island is part of the Bering Sea unit of the
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
The Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge (often shortened to Alaska Maritime or AMNWR) is a United States National Wildlife Refuge comprising 2,400 islands, headlands, rocks, islets, spires and reefs in Alaska, with a total area of , of whic ...
.
References
Hagemeister Island: Block 3039, Census Tract 1, Dillingham Census Area, AlaskaUnited States Census Bureau
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Islands of the Bering Sea
Islands of Alaska
Islands of Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Protected areas of Dillingham Census Area, Alaska
Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska
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