Hazy Islands Wilderness

Hazy Islands Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Hazy Islands Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption = Hazy Islet, Hazy Islands Wilderness
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location = Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, USA
nearest_city = Edna Bay, Alaska
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lat_direction = N
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long_direction = W
area = convert|32|acre|km2|2|sign=off
established = 1970
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governing_body = US Fish and Wildlife Service

Hazy Islands Wilderness is a 32-acre (0.13 km²) wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. It was first established as a National Wildlife Refuge in 1912, and officially designated as Wilderness in 1970 by the United States Congress. [ [http://images.fws.gov/default.cfm?fuseaction=records.display&CFID=3095370&CFTOKEN=25950785&id=65C967A6%2DE014%2D0180%2D8D6DBECCE128E3E9 US Fish & Wildlife Service - Alaska Image Library] ] The islands are part of the Gulf of Alaska unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, and are located west of Coronation Island in the Alaska Panhandle area. Hazy Islands Wilderness comprises five small islands and is home to 10 species of birds, including Brandt's cormorant "(Phalacrocorax auritus)". [ [http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_wilderness_area/fws_reg7.htm#hazy GORP - Hazy Islands Wilderness Area] ]

References

ee also

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


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