Perl Island, also known as Pearl Island, is a mountainous island off the

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coast of

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. One of the Chugach Islands, it is about long and wide. It is named for Perl D. Blodgett, a 19th-century settler in

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. On May 3, 2010, the

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''Roanoke Island'' rescued the fishing boat ''Wahoo'' south of Perl Island.

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