Warren Island Wilderness
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Warren Island is an island in the
Alexander Archipelago The Alexander Archipelago (russian: Архипелаг Александра) is a long archipelago (group of islands) in North America lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska. It contains about 1,100 islands, the tops of submerged coastal m ...
of southeastern
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,
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. It lies on the
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coast just southwest of the community of
Edna Bay Edna Bay is a city on Kosciusko Island in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. The community was officially incorporated on October 13, 2014 and has a population of 42 as of the 2010 Census, down from 49 in 2000. ...
(on
Kosciusko Island Kosciusko Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, United States. It lies near the northwest corner of Prince of Wales Island, just across the El Capitan Passage from the larger island. The island is home to Mou ...
). Directly west is
Coronation Island Coronation Island is the largest of the South Orkney Islands, long and from wide. The island extends in a general east–west direction, is mainly ice-covered and comprises numerous bays, glaciers and peaks, the highest rising to . History T ...
and directly north is
Kuiu Island Kuiu Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It lies between Kupreanof Island, to its east, and Baranof Island, to its west. The island is long, and wide. It is nearly cut in two by Affleck Canal. It has of l ...
. Warren Island has a land area of 47.191 km2 (18.22 sq mi) and no permanent resident population.Warren Island: Block 1102, Census Tract 1, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska
United States Census Bureau The entire island has been designated as the Warren Island Wilderness, a part of
Tongass National Forest The Tongass National Forest () in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at . Most of its area is temperate rain forest and is remote enough to be home to many species of endangered and rare flora and fauna. The Tongass, which i ...
.


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Islands of the Alexander Archipelago IUCN Category III Islands of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska Tongass National Forest Protected areas of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska Islands of Alaska Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Uninhabited islands of Alaska {{PrinceofWalesHyderAK-geo-stub