Hall Island (Alaska)
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| Waters | Bering Sea | |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 172 ° 41 ′ 42 ″ W | |
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| length | 9.7 km | |
| width | 5.8 km | |
| surface | 15.995 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 490 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Hall Island is an Alaskan uninhabited island in the Bering Sea . The island is 4 km northwest of St. Matthew Island , from which it is separated by the Sarichef Strait . Hall is 8 km long and about 16 km² in size. The highest point is 490 m above sea level.
The island was probably first recorded in the nautical charts in 1764 by the Russian lieutenant Sind. Due to its walrus population, it was also known to hunters as the "Walrus Island" ( Russian : "Ostrov Morzhovoy" ). Commodore Joseph Billings and Gawriil Andreevich Sarychev anchored on July 14, 1791 between St. Matthew and Hall. The island has been listed as Hall on US nautical charts since 1875 .
The Pacific walrus ( O. r. Divergens ) is native to the island, which is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge .
- Flora Fauna
A society made of Jacob's ladder and lice weed
A hornlund ( Fratercula corniculata ) on Hall Island
