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disturbed, or destroyed. However, over 2,000 people a year visit the island by boat circling around the volcanic hulk — admiring its birds, cliffs, caves, and other volcanic landforms. Small and large-scale tour operators alike make St. Lazaria a popular and well-known tourist destination in Sitka.
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It is a popular day boat-trip for
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St. Lazaria Island is just one of the 2,500 islands throughout Alaska that comprise the Alaska
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St. Lazaria is a very rugged looking island with limited and difficult access. Its direct exposure to the
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1259:Volcanic plugs of the United States
864:Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck
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869:Pleasant/Lemesurier/Inian Islands
220:The only trees on the island are
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1254:Protected areas of Sitka, Alaska
281:Woolsey, Robert (28 June 2010).
62:, and within the limits of the
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1264:Wilderness areas of Alaska
1102:National Conservation Area
149:250,000 breeding pairs of
31:Rock arch on Saint Lazaria
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577:National Wildlife Refuges
472:National Historical Parks
151:fork-tailed storm-petrels
178:1,000 breeding pairs of
52:Saint Lazaria Wilderness
50:and is protected as the
18:Saint Lazaria Wilderness
66:. The island's name is
964:Wild and Scenic Rivers
929:Tracy Arm-Fords Terror
353:56.98722°N 135.70472°W
325:Wilderness.net writeup
252:"Sheet'kwaan Aani Aya"
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1244:Alexander Archipelago
949:West Chichagof-Yakobi
909:South Prince of Wales
256:Sitka Tribe of Alaska
192:glaucous-winged gulls
155:Leach's storm-petrels
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693:Forest Service units
567:Yukon–Charley Rivers
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212:black oystercatchers
774:Gates of the Arctic
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166:thick-billed murres
54:. It is located in
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701:Mendenhall Glacier
557:Bering Land Bridge
549:National Preserves
500:National Monuments
480:Klondike Gold Rush
462:Wrangell–St. Elias
180:rhinoceros auklets
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208:peregrine falcons
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188:pigeon guillemots
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839:Maurille Islands
769:Forrester Island
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711:Wilderness Areas
670:National Forests
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992:Beaver Creek
919:Tebenkof Bay
904:South Etolin
844:Misty Fjords
814:Kobuk Valley
784:Hazy Islands
534:Misty Fjords
452:Kobuk Valley
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819:Kootznoowoo
799:Karta River
779:Glacier Bay
749:Chuck River
660:Yukon Flats
655:Yukon Delta
437:Glacier Bay
356: /
344:135°42′17″W
289:Raven Radio
204:bald eagles
56:Sitka Sound
1238:Categories
1087:Unalakleet
982:Andreafsky
834:Lake Clark
734:Bering Sea
724:Andreafsky
457:Lake Clark
341:56°59′14″N
266:27 October
237:References
125:wilderness
1199:Southeast
1082:Tlikakila
1047:Mulchatna
1017:Fortymile
987:Aniakchak
524:Aniakchak
106:are many
68:Kanasx'Ă©e
1077:Tinayguk
1072:Sheenjek
894:Simeonof
744:Chamisso
739:Bogoslof
729:Becharof
600:Becharof
228:Visiting
160:4-5,000
1151:Chugach
1146:Chilkat
1067:Selawik
1057:Nowitna
1027:Ivishak
1022:Gulkana
1002:Charley
972:Alagnak
934:Tuxedni
884:Selawik
859:Nunivak
824:Koyukuk
794:Izembek
683:Tongass
678:Chugach
640:Selawik
635:Nowitna
630:Koyukuk
610:Izembek
410:Federal
296:29 June
292:. Sitka
92:volcano
70:in the
1194:Haines
1156:Denali
1110:Steese
1062:Salmon
1052:Noatak
977:Alatna
939:Unimak
924:Togiak
889:Semidi
854:Noatak
804:Katmai
789:Innoko
759:Denali
650:Togiak
645:Tetlin
625:Kodiak
615:Kanuti
605:Innoko
595:Arctic
562:Noatak
442:Katmai
427:Denali
402:Alaska
210:, and
162:common
108:cliffs
44:Alaska
1124:State
1037:Kobuk
1012:Delta
809:Kenai
620:Kenai
520:(FWS)
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287:KCAW
112:caves
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1092:Wind
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