Prince of Wales Island
Americannoun
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the largest island in the Alexander Archipelago, in SE Alaska. 1,500 sq. mi. (3,990 sq. km).
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an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories. About 14,000 sq. mi. (36,000 sq. km).
noun
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an island in N Canada, in Nunavut. Area: about 36 000 sq km (14 000 sq miles)
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an island in SE Alaska, the largest island in the Alexander Archipelago. Area: about 4000 sq km (1500 sq miles)
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an island in NE Australia, in N Queensland in the Torres Strait
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the former name (until about 1867) of the island of Penang
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On Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, gray wolves are showing an unusual behavior: they are hunting sea otters.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 30, 2026
But it started declining in the 1980s, and now just one large sawmill operates on Prince of Wales Island, which used to be the epicenter of logging in the forest.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
Someone on a boat had spotted the orca on Prince of Wales Island near the coast of British Columbia, Julie Fair, a spokeswoman for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said in an email.
From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2021
Tim O’Connor, mayor of the town of Craig on Prince of Wales Island, said in an email that curbing development would undercut the local tax base.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021
The cubebs of pharmacy are produced by Piper Cubeba, a climbing woody shrub indigenous to south Borneo, Sumatra, Prince of Wales Island and Java.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
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