Alaska Gazetteer
Wrangell Island is a physical feature (island) in Wrangell Borough. The primary coordinates for Wrangell Island places it within the 99929 ZIP Code delivery area.
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| Feature Name: | Wrangell Island |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Island |
| Description: | trends NW-SE separated from Etolin I., on W by Zimovia Strait 14 mi. E of Zarembo I., Alex. Arch. |
| History: | "Name published in 1848 as ""Os(trov) Vrangelya"" on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1396; named for Admiral Baron Ferdinand Petrovich von Wrangell. According to Captain Tebenkov (1852, p. 8), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), the Indian name was ""Os(trov) Kachkhanna.""" |
| Borough: | Wrangell Borough |
| Latitude: | 56.2975006104 |
| Longitude: | -132.175003052 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wrangell Island: Wrangell Island.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Wrangell Island does not include property ownership information.
| Thoms Place, AK (6.6 miles S) |
