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    Prince of Wales Island

    Enez Priñs Kembre, Fürst-von-Wales-Insel

    55°31′N 132°51′W

    Prince of Wales Island (Tlingit: Taan) is one of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. It is the fourth-largest island in the United States (after Hawaii, Kodiak Island, and Puerto Rico) and the 97th-largest island in the world.

    Four Forest Service Employees catch up after returning from their winter furlough at Sandy Beach, Prince of Wales Island, Thorne Bay Ranger District, Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Christian DeCelle.
    Four Forest Service Employees catch up after returning from their winter furlough at Sandy Beach, Prince of Wales Island, Thorne Bay Ranger District, Tongass National Forest. USDA Forest Service photo by Christian DeCelle.

    Forest Service Alaska Region, USDA / Public domain

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    55°31′N 132°51′W

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    Prince of Wales Island (Tlingit: Taan) is one of the islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle. It is the fourth-largest island in the United States (after Hawaii, Kodiak Island, and Puerto Rico) and the 97th-largest island in the world.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Alexander Archipelago

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    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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