St. Michael Island, Alaska

St. Michael Island, Alaska

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St. Michael Island is an island on the southeast side of the Norton Sound in Alaska. The island is about convert|15|km|mi long and convert|10|km|mi wide.

St. Michael Island contains two settlements, St. Michael, on the island's east side, and Stebbins, on the northwest side.

St. Michael Island was named by traders of the Russian-American Company in 1833, when they built a trading post at the site of the current village of St. Michael. It is named after the archangel Michael.

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