Dall Island

Encyclopedia : D : DA : DAL : Dall Island

Dall Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago off the southeast coast of Alaska, just west of Prince of Wales Island and north of Canadian waters. Its peak elevation is 2,443 feet (745 meters) above sea level. Its area is 253 square miles (655 square kilometers). It is used economically for fishing and limestone quarrying.

There are no permanent human inhabitants. Alaska Natives are known to have inhabited coastal caves on the island two to three thousand years ago.

Dall Island was first called Quadra, after Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, until 1879, when it was renamed in honor of naturalist William H. Dall.

References