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Puffin Island is a rocky islet in the Kotzebue Sound, Alaska. It is located off Spafarief Bay at the mouth of Eschscholtz Bay, just south of the Choris Peninsula, in the Northwest Arctic Borough at . This island is located NW of Chamisso Island, . SW of Selawik, Kotzebue-Kobuk Low. Puffin Island is a steep rock and, though much smaller than Chamisso Island, it has many more nesting birds on its surface, especially horned puffins. Both islands are part of the Chamisso Wilderness in the Chukchi Sea unit of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge.〔(Chukchi Sea Unit, AMNWR ) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service〕 This island was named in 1826 by Captain Frederick William Beechey (1831, p. 255), RN. He wrote, ''"Detached from Chamisso there is a steep rock which by way of distinction we named Puffin Island."'' Puffin Island has been a Natural Reserve since December 7, 1912. The protected area (Chamisso Wilderness) includes Chamisso Island and Puffin Island, as well as some rocky islets nearby.〔(Roosevelt, Theodore. 1916. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open: Appendix B )〕 == See also == * List of islands of Alaska 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Puffin Island (Alaska)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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