Hagemeister Island



Hagemeister Island (Остров Гагемейстера) is an uninhabited island in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the north shore of Bristol Bay at the entrance to Togiak Bay.

The island is 21 mi long, has a land area of 115.9 sqmi, and its highest point is 1759 ft. It has no permanent population at the 2000 census.

It is named for Russian Captain Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeister (IRN), who commanded three voyages to Russian America and around the world. On the Neva in 1806–07, on the Kutuzov in 1816–19, and in 1828–30 on the Krothoy. The name was published as "Ostrov Gagemeister" by Lt. Sarichev (1826, map 3).

The island is part of the Bering Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.