Anaho Island

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Anaho Island is a protected, uninhabited island in Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, best known as a critical nesting site for American white pelicans and other colonial waterbirds.

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Anaho Island canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Wildlife Refuge
island
protected area
accessByBoat restricted
administeredBy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
conservationPurpose protection of American white pelican colony
protection of nesting waterbirds
country United States of America
surface form: United States
ecosystemType desert lake island
establishedAsRefuge 1913
habitatFor American white pelican
California gull
caspian tern
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
other colonial waterbirds
humanAccess restricted
inhabited no
IUCNCategory IV
knownFor colonial waterbird nesting
large American white pelican nesting colony
locatedIn Great Basin
Nevada
Pyramid Lake
Washoe County
surface form: Washoe County, Nevada

western United States
nearestCity Nixon, Nevada
ownership United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
partOf Anaho Island National Wildlife Refuge
Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation
surface form: Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reservation (surrounding waters and lands)
population 0
protectedStatus Important Bird Area
National Wildlife Refuge System
surface form: National Wildlife Refuge
publicLanding prohibited
state Nevada
waterBody Pyramid Lake

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Pyramid Lake hasIsland Anaho Island