Description
Wrangell Island is located in Necker Is., E of Biorka I., 16 mi. SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.4 mile long
History
Named in 1809 by Ivan Vasiliev, the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Bol(shoy) Vrangel,: meaning "Big Rangell Island."