Hagemeister Island

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Hagemeister Island is a 16-mile-long (26 km) island in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the north shore of Bristol Bay at the entrance to Togiak Bay.

The island has a land area of 300.18 km² (115.9 sq mi) and its highest point is 184 m. It has no permanent population at the 2000 census.

It is named for Russian Captain Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeister (IRN), who commanded three voyages to Russian America and around the world. On the Neva in 1806-07, on the Kutuzov in 1816-19 , and in 1828-30 on the Krothoy. The name was published as "Ostrov Gagemeister" by Lt. Sarichev (1826, map 3).

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