Mount Edgecombe on Kruzof Island west of Sitka Sound, Sitka, Alaska, USA. Kruzof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Ala

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Mount Edgecombe on Kruzof Island west of Sitka Sound, Sitka, Alaska, USA. Kruzof Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska at 57°10′14″N 135°40′29″W. It is about 16 km west of Sitka, and is part of the City and Borough of Sitka. It was named in 1805 by Captain Lisianski as Crooze Island, after a Russian Admiral. It hosts the region's only volcano, Mount Edgecumbe. In 1849, Captain Tebenkov recorded the Tlingit name for the island as being

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Location: Sitka, Alaska, USA
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