'Kupreanof Island' is an island in the
Alexander Archipelago in southeastern
Alaska at . The island is 84 km (52 miles) long and 32 km (20 miles) wide. The Lindenberg Peninsula, on the southeast side of the island is considered part of the island. The peninsula is separated from the rest of the island by the a narrow strait called the Duncan Canal. The total land area is 2,802.84 km² (1,082.18 sq mi). The island's population was 785 at the
2000 census.
The island is named after Baron
Ivan Antonovich Kupreianov, a head of the
Russian-American Company.
The largest settlement on the island is
Kake, on the northwestern side of the island. The only other city is
Kupreanof, on the eastern side, across the
Wrangell Narrows from the city of
Petersburg on nearby
Mitkof Island.
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Kupreanof Island: Blocks 1003 thru 1010, 1022 thru 1045, 1052 and 1087, Census Tract 1, Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau