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disturbed, or destroyed. However, over 2,000 people a year visit the island by boat circling around the volcanic hulk — admiring its birds, cliffs, caves, and other volcanic landforms. Small and large-scale tour operators alike make St. Lazaria a popular and well-known tourist destination in Sitka.
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It is a popular day boat-trip for
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1243:Protected areas of Sitka, Alaska
270:Woolsey, Robert (28 June 2010).
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167:1,000 breeding pairs of
41:Saint Lazaria Wilderness
39:and is protected as the
55:. The island's name is
953:Wild and Scenic Rivers
918:Tracy Arm-Fords Terror
342:56.98722°N 135.70472°W
314:Wilderness.net writeup
241:"Sheet'kwaan Aani Aya"
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1233:Alexander Archipelago
938:West Chichagof-Yakobi
898:South Prince of Wales
245:Sitka Tribe of Alaska
181:glaucous-winged gulls
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943:Wrangell–Saint Elias
682:Forest Service units
556:Yukon–Charley Rivers
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201:black oystercatchers
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155:thick-billed murres
43:. It is located in
1031:North Fork Koyukuk
690:Mendenhall Glacier
546:Bering Land Bridge
538:National Preserves
489:National Monuments
469:Klondike Gold Rush
451:Wrangell–St. Elias
169:rhinoceros auklets
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758:Forrester Island
708:Aleutian Islands
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659:National Forests
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518:Cape Krusenstern
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981:Beaver Creek
908:Tebenkof Bay
893:South Etolin
833:Misty Fjords
803:Kobuk Valley
773:Hazy Islands
523:Misty Fjords
441:Kobuk Valley
436:Kenai Fjords
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986:Birch Creek
808:Kootznoowoo
788:Karta River
768:Glacier Bay
738:Chuck River
649:Yukon Flats
644:Yukon Delta
426:Glacier Bay
345: /
333:135°42′17″W
278:Raven Radio
193:bald eagles
45:Sitka Sound
1227:Categories
1076:Unalakleet
971:Andreafsky
823:Lake Clark
723:Bering Sea
713:Andreafsky
446:Lake Clark
330:56°59′14″N
255:27 October
226:References
114:wilderness
1188:Southeast
1071:Tlikakila
1036:Mulchatna
1006:Fortymile
976:Aniakchak
513:Aniakchak
95:are many
57:Kanasx'Ă©e
1066:Tinayguk
1061:Sheenjek
883:Simeonof
733:Chamisso
728:Bogoslof
718:Becharof
589:Becharof
217:Visiting
149:4-5,000
1140:Chugach
1135:Chilkat
1056:Selawik
1046:Nowitna
1016:Ivishak
1011:Gulkana
991:Charley
961:Alagnak
923:Tuxedni
873:Selawik
848:Nunivak
813:Koyukuk
783:Izembek
672:Tongass
667:Chugach
629:Selawik
624:Nowitna
619:Koyukuk
599:Izembek
399:Federal
285:29 June
281:. Sitka
81:volcano
59:in the
1183:Haines
1145:Denali
1099:Steese
1051:Salmon
1041:Noatak
966:Alatna
928:Unimak
913:Togiak
878:Semidi
843:Noatak
793:Katmai
778:Innoko
748:Denali
639:Togiak
634:Tetlin
614:Kodiak
604:Kanuti
594:Innoko
584:Arctic
551:Noatak
431:Katmai
416:Denali
391:Alaska
199:, and
151:common
97:cliffs
33:Alaska
1113:State
1026:Kobuk
1001:Delta
798:Kenai
609:Kenai
509:(FWS)
479:Sitka
276:KCAW
101:caves
29:Sitka
1081:Wind
1021:John
818:Kuiu
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287:2010
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