Stuart Island, Alaska
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Stuart Island is a small island on the southeast side of the Norton Sound of Alaska, at about (63.511893, -162.274632)[1]. The island is about 15 km (10 miles) long and 10 km (7 miles) wide with a land area of 135.185 km² (52.195 sq mi) and had no resident population at the 2000 census.
Stuart Island has no permanent settlements, but is only a short distance by water from Stebbins, which is on neighboring St. Michael Island. Stuart Island is home to an unmanaged herd of reindeer put there as part of the Stebbins/St. Michael Reindeer Corral Project.
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- Stuart Island: Block 5032, Census Tract 1, Nome Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau
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