The Kodiak Archipelago is an archipelago, or group of islands, south of main land mass of the state of Alaska (United States), about by air south of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska. The largest island in the archipelago is Kodiak Island, the second largest island in the United States. The archipelago is about long and across, from the Barren Islands on the north to Chirikof Island and the Semidi Islands group on the south. The Archipelago contains of land. The Kodiak Archipelago contains about 40 small glaciers, numerous streams and many species of land and marine animals. Much of its land is forested.