Forrester Island Wilderness

Forrester Island Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Forrester Island Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption =
locator_x =
locator_y =
location = Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska, USA
nearest_city = Port Bazan, Alaska
lat_degrees = 54
lat_minutes = 48
lat_seconds = 10
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 133
long_minutes = 31
long_seconds = 37
long_direction = W
area = convert|2832|acre|km2|0|sign=off
established = 1970
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = US Fish and Wildlife Service

Forrester Island Wilderness is a 2,832-acre (11.5 km²) wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska at Forrester Island (coord|54|48|10|N|133|31|37|W). It was designated by the United States Congress in 1970. It is part of the Gulf of Alaska unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.

The island is located off the coast of the Alaska Panhandle, near its southernmost portion, west of Dall Island, in the Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area. According to the Census Bureau the island has a land area of 10.29 km² (3.973 sq mi).

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

References

* [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-transpose=N&-errMsg=&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=100$10000US022010001003082&-_showChild=Y&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y&-search_map_config=|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=1.5768671051593737|dh=0.6798521167996193|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-133.52376247033357|cy=54.80210386486599|zl=6|pz=6|bo=318:317:316:404:315:314:313:319|bl=393:392:358:357:356:355:354:385|ft=340:339:338:335|fl=373:372:204:399|g=100$10000US022010001003082 Forrester Island: Block 3082, Census Tract 1, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area, Alaska] United States Census Bureau

External links

* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Forrester%20Island%20Wilderness Forrester Island Wilderness] - Wilderness.net


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