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:''There is also a Saint Paul Island in the Indian Ocean, and a Saint Paul Island in Nova Scotia.


'Saint Paul Island' is one of the four Pribilof Islands, a group of four volcanic islands, part of Alaska, lying in the Bering Sea. The City of St. Paul is the primary residential area on the island. The two nearest islands to Saint Paul Island are Otter Island to the southwest, and Walrus Island to the east. St. Paul Island has a land area of 104 km² (40 sq mi).
The Pribilofs are the breeding grounds for more than 500,000 northern fur seals and millions of sea birds, and are surrounded by one of the world's richest fishing grounds.

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History

Native Americans

Wind power

Trivia

See also

References

External links

History

The island was discovered by Gavriil Pribylov on St. Peter and St. Paul's Day, June 12, 1788. Three years later the Russian merchant vessel ''John the Baptist'' was shipwrecked off the shore. The crew were listed as missing until 1793, when the survivors were rescued by Gerasim Izmailov.

Native Americans

Saint Paul Island is the largest Aleut community in the United States, one of the U.S. government's officially recognized Native American ''tribal entities'' of Alaska. Out of a total population of 532 people, 457 of them (86 percent) are Alaska Natives.

Wind power

TDX Power's first energy generation facility was built on Saint Paul Island. Completed in 1999, the wind energy based electric and thermal cogeneration facility was widely regarded as the more technologically advanced wind energy power projects in America. The TDX Power wind/diesel hybrid facility is known for its efficiency and reduction in diesel fuel consumption. The 120 foot tall turbine is a major point of pride for the ecologically conscious Aleut community of Saint Paul. [1]

Trivia

★ The island is mentioned often on the The Discovery Channel's show Deadliest Catch. St. Paul island is a place where the fishing boats in the Bering Sea can dock the boats to rest, unload, or get medical help.

See also

★ Alaskan king crab fishing

★ ''Deadliest Catch''

References

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★ St. Paul Island: Blocks 1001 thru 1041, Census Tract 1, Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska United States Census Bureau

External links

★ Saint Paul Island info on Beringsea.com