Baranov Island

E378175
geographic feature island

Baranov Island is a large, mountainous island in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago, known for the city of Sitka and its rich Russian-American colonial history.

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Label Occurrences
Baranov Island canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic feature ⓘ
island ⓘ
administrativeDivision City and Borough of Sitka ⓘ
surface form: Sitka City and Borough
archipelago Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
coastlineFeature deep fjords ⓘ
rugged coastline ⓘ
contains Sitka Sound ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
seafood processing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
ecoregion Tongass National Forest ⓘ
surface form: Tongass National Forest region
hasCity Sitka ⓘ
hasClimate maritime climate ⓘ
temperate rainforest climate ⓘ
hasFeature glacially carved valleys ⓘ
hot springs ⓘ
steep mountains ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Bassie ⓘ
hasPort Sitka harbor ⓘ
surface form: Port of Sitka
hasRecreation fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
hasSettlement Sitka ⓘ
hasWildlife bald eagles ⓘ
brown bears ⓘ
salmon ⓘ
historicalAssociation Russian colonization of the Americas ⓘ
surface form: Russian America

Russian-American Company ⓘ
indigenousPeople Tlingit people ⓘ
knownFor Russian-American colonial history ⓘ
Sitka ⓘ
surface form: city of Sitka
languageHistoricallySpoken Russian ⓘ
Tlingit ⓘ
locatedIn Alaska ⓘ
Alexander Archipelago ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Gulf of Alaska ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
namedAfter Alexander Baranov NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyIsland Chichagof Island ⓘ
Kruzof Island ⓘ
partOf Panhandle of Alaska ⓘ
surface form: Alaska Panhandle
terrain mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
transferredTo Alaska Purchase ⓘ
surface form: United States in Alaska Purchase
vegetation temperate rainforest ⓘ
wasPartOf Russian America (northwest) ⓘ
surface form: Russian America

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Baranof Island → alsoKnownAs → Baranov Island ⓘ