Etolin Island
| Etolin Island | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Alexander Archipelago | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 8 ′ N , 132 ° 24 ′ W | |
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| length | 48 km | |
| width | 35 km | |
| surface | 878 km² | |
| Residents | 15th (2000) <1 inh / km² |
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Etolin Island is an island in southeast Alaska ( Panhandle ) of the Alexander Archipelago in the Pacific Ocean .
It is located between Prince of Wales Island in the west and mainland Alaska in the east. The island is about 878 km², 48 km long and 35 km wide. The island got its name from Adolf Etolin (1840-1845), the governor of Russian America .
Today Etolin is part of the Tongass National Forest , the south of the island is designated as a Wilderness Area . There is a population of moose on the island that were brought to Etolin from the mainland.