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Admiralty Island
Admiralty Island
is an
island
in the
Alexander Archipelago
in
Southeast Alaska
, at . It is
145 km (90 mi)
long and
56 km (35 mi)
wide with an area of
4,264.1 km
2
(1,646.4 sq mi)
, making it the
seventh largest island in the United States
and the
132nd largest island in the world
. It is one of the
ABC islands of Alaska
. The island is nearly cut in two by the
Seymour Canal
; to its east is the long, narrow
Glass Peninsula
. Most of Admiralty Island—more than
955,000 acres (3,860 km
2
)
—is occupied by the
Admiralty Island National Monument
- a federally protected wilderness area administered by the
Tongass National Forest
. The Kootznoowoo Wilderness encompasses vast stands of old growth temperate rainforest. These forests provide some of the best habitat available to species such as brown bears, bald eagles, and Sitka black-tailed deer.
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