Fire Island is located in the eastern Aleutian Islands at 53°56′40"N 168°02′51"W. It emerged in 1883, forming a companion island to Bogoslof Island

Bogoslof Island

Bogoslof Island or Agasagook Island is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea in the U.S. state of Alaska, behind the main Aleutian volcanic arc. It has a land area of and is unpopulated. The peak elevation of the island is...

. Originally, this Fire Island was named New Bogoslof (also Grewingk, after an Alaskan geologist

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In 1909, President

President of the United States

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 Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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 made Bogoslof and New Bogoslof a federally protected bird sanctuary

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. Both islands are currently part of the Bogoslof Wilderness

Bogoslof Wilderness

Bogoslof Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located within the Aleutian Islands unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, it is in area and was designated by the United States Congress in 1970. It encompasses the entirety of Bogoslof Island and nearby Fire...

 in the Aleutian Islands unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

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