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 9.3 miles (15 km) long and 6.2 miles (10 km) 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
.
Norton Sound
Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km long and 200 km wide. The Yukon River delta forms a portion of the south shore and water from the Yukon influences this body of water...
in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
. The island is about 9.3 miles (15 km) long and 6.2 miles (10 km) wide.
St. Michael Island contains two settlements, St. Michael
St. Michael, Alaska
St. Michael is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 368.-Geography:St. Michael is located at on the east side of St...
, on the island's east side, and Stebbins
Stebbins, Alaska
Stebbins is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 547.-Geography:Stebbins is located at , on the north side of St...
, on the northwest side.
St. Michael Island was named by traders of the Russian-American Company
Russian-American Company
The Russian-American Company was a state-sponsored chartered company formed largely on the basis of the so-called Shelekhov-Golikov Company of Grigory Shelekhov and Ivan Larionovich Golikov The Russian-American Company (officially: Under His Imperial Majesty's Highest Protection (patronage)...
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
Michael (archangel)
Michael , Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; , Mikhaḗl; or Míchaël; , Mīkhā'īl) is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings. Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans refer to him as Saint Michael the Archangel and also simply as Saint Michael...
.