Wrangell Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle of southeastern Alaska. It is 28.5 miles long and 3.75 to 14.2 miles wide. It has a land area of 210.05 square miles,

Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel was a Russian statesman, naval officer and explorer of Baltic German origin. He was also an honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Scienc