Catherine Island (russian: остров Катрин) is an island in the
Alexander Archipelago of southeastern
Alaska, United States. It is part of the City and Borough of
Sitka
russian: Ситка
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, settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough
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and lies just off the northeast corner of
Baranof Island, separated from it by
Portage Arm. The U.S. Forest Service named Catherine Island in 1935 after
Catherine I of Russia.
Catherine Island has a land area of 86.936 km
2 (33.566 sq mi) and no resident population.
References
Catherine Island: Block 1040, Census Tract 1, Sitka City and Borough, AlaskaUnited States Census Bureau
Islands of the Alexander Archipelago
Islands of Sitka, Alaska
Islands of Alaska
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