Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.
In numbers
542km²
Area
205km
Coastline
961m
Highest point
2,401
People
4km
To the mainland
When to go to Wrangell Island
Good all year round.
Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.
Island in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska, United States
Wrangell Island is an island in United States. It belongs to Alexander Archipelago. It covers 542 km², with 205 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 961 m. About 2,401 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 4 km away.
Getting there
- Wrangell Airport (WRG)airport on the island, with scheduled flightsCar hire in KetchikanDiscover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- FerriesAlaska Marine Highway - Wrangell-Petersburg
- 4 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
Plan the trip
Ferries, stays and things to do
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On the island
What you find on Wrangell Island.
- 2viewpoints
- 1ferry terminalsWrangell Ferry Terminal
- 2marinasHeritage Harbor, Wrangell Harbor
- 3named peaksChichagof Peak, Atherton Mountain, Dewey Hill
- 25waterfalls
- 1hotels, guesthouses and apartments
- 4restaurants, cafés and bars
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Wrangell Island, each with its own numbers.
2mountainsPeakyas
2lakesLakeyas
Largest lake
1.4km²
Thoms Lake
according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
20.2°C
Thoms Lake
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
2 lakes
on Lakeyas, the lake atlas
- Thoms Lake1.4km²
- Highbush Lake0.31km²
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The shape of the land.
On average the island stands 303 m above the sea. 39 % of it is below 200 m.
- 9 %0–50 m
- 31 %50–200 m
- 41 %200–500 m
- 20 %500–1,000 m
Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).
Size, for real
Next to islands you may know.
20 km
All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).
Towns on the island
- Wrangell2,382 people
Month by month
The weather on the island.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afternoon high (°C) | -3 | -3 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 4 | -1 | -4 |
| Night low (°C) | -8 | -10 | -8 | -3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | -6 | -9 |
| Rain (mm) | 364 | 222 | 238 | 190 | 150 | 163 | 214 | 278 | 369 | 386 | 362 | 344 |
| Wet days | 22 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 |
| Sun h/day | 0.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Wind (km/h) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.
Photos
Seen by visitors.
Nearby
More islands nearby.
Prince of Wales Island
United States6,675 km²1,058 m87 km away
Revillagigedo IslandUnited States2,913 km²1,321 m92 km away
Kupreanof IslandUnited States2,813 km²1,117 m98 km away
Baranof IslandUnited States4,065 km²1,643 m185 km away
Admiralty IslandUnited States4,362 km²1,477 m201 km away
Chichagof IslandUnited States5,388 km²1,192 m279 km away
Graham Island
Canada6,361 km²1,164 m316 km away
Moresby IslandCanada2,600 km²974 m358 km awayAbout these numbers
| Names, area, population | Wikidata (Q1190447) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Outline | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Sea temperature | NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020 |
| Climate | NASA POWER · 1991–2020 |
| Relief, 3D model | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Towns | GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls | Peakyas, Lakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0 |
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