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Admiralty Island, the Glossary

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1978 establishments in Alaska
Biosphere reserves of the United States
National Monuments in Alaska
Sacred islands
United States Forest Service National Monuments

ABC Islands (Alaska)

The ABC Islands is the colloquial name for the Alaskan islands of Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof in the northern part of the Alexander Archipelago, which are all part of the Tongass National Forest. Admiralty Island and ABC Islands (Alaska) are islands of Alaska and islands of the Alexander Archipelago.

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Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alaska Department of Natural Resources

The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is a department within the government of Alaska in the United States.

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Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) is a United States federal law signed by President Jimmy Carter on December 2, 1980.

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Alexander Archipelago

The Alexander Archipelago (Архипелаг Александра) is a long archipelago (group of islands) in North America lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska. Admiralty Island and Alexander Archipelago are Tongass National Forest.

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Angoon, Alaska

Angoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States.

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Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America.

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Battle off Samar

The Battle off Samar was the centermost action of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, one of the largest naval battles in history, which took place in the Philippine Sea off Samar Island, in the Philippines on October 25, 1944.

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Brown bear

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America.

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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Deer

A deer (deer) or true deer is a hoofed ruminant ungulate of the family Cervidae (informally the deer family).

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George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S.

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Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve is an American national park located in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau. Admiralty Island and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve are biosphere reserves of the United States.

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Glass Peninsula

The Glass Peninsula is a peninsula extending southeast from Admiralty Island, between Seymour Canal and Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, United States.

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HMS Discovery (1789)

HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy ship launched in 1789 and best known as the lead ship in George Vancouver's exploration of the west coast of North America in his famous 1791-1795 expedition.

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Hoonah–Angoon Census Area, Alaska

Hoonah–Angoon Census Area is a census area located in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Island

An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water.

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Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.

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Joseph Whidbey

Joseph Whidbey FRS (1757 – 9 October 1833) was a member of the Royal Navy who served on the Vancouver Expedition 1791–95, and later achieved renown as a naval engineer.

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Juneau, Alaska

Juneau (Dzánti K'ihéeni), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alaska, located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle.

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Kayak

A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle.

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Kootznoowoo Wilderness

The temperate rainforests of Admiralty Island's Kootznoowoo Wilderness are a unique environment among the of federally-protected wilderness in Southeast Alaska.

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List of boroughs and census areas in Alaska

The U.S. state of Alaska is divided into 19 organized boroughs and 1 unorganized borough.

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List of islands by area

This list includes all islands in the world larger than.

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List of islands of the United States by area

This is a list of islands of the United States, as ordered by area.

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List of national monuments of the United States

The United States has 133 protected areas known as national monuments. Admiralty Island and List of national monuments of the United States are United States Forest Service National Monuments.

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Murder Cove

Murder Cove is located at the southernmost portion of Admiralty Island in the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Picea sitchensis

Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to just over tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (16 ft).

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Point Retreat Light

Point Retreat Light is a lighthouse located on the Mansfield Peninsula at the northern tip of Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska, United States.

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Rainforest

Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Salmon

Salmon (salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (Salmo) and North Pacific (Oncorhynchus) basins.

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Seymour Canal

Seymour Canal is an inlet penetrating deep into the southeastern part of Admiralty Island, Southeast Alaska, United States.

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Southeast Alaska

Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, and sometimes called the Alaska(n) panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part of Yukon).

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Thuja plicata

Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America.

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Tlingit

The Tlingit or Lingít are Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America and constitute two of the two-hundred thirty-one (231, as of 2022) federally recognized Tribes of Alaska.

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Tongass National Forest

The Tongass National Forest in Southeast Alaska is the largest U.S. National Forest at.

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Tsuga heterophylla

Tsuga heterophylla, the western hemlock or western hemlock-spruce, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land.

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USS Gambier Bay

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a of the United States Navy.

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Vancouver Expedition

The Vancouver Expedition (1791–1795) was a four-and-a-half-year voyage of exploration and diplomacy, commanded by Captain George Vancouver of the Royal Navy.

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Whale

Whales are a widely distributed and diverse group of fully aquatic placental marine mammals.

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World Network of Biosphere Reserves

The UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves (WNBR) covers internationally designated protected areas, known as biosphere or nature reserves, which are meant to demonstrate a balanced relationship between people and nature (e.g. encourage sustainable development).

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiralty_Island

Also known as Admiralty Island (Alaska), Admiralty Island National Monument, Kootznoowoo.

Admiralty Island, the Glossary

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See also

1978 establishments in Alaska

Biosphere reserves of the United States

National Monuments in Alaska

Sacred islands

United States Forest Service National Monuments

References