Woronkofski Island has a land area of 59.382 km2 (22.9275 sq mi) and was unpopulated at the 2000 census.
The city of Wrangell is exploring the possibility of utilizing Sunrise Lake on the island for hydroelectrical power and drinking water.
The first European to sight the island was James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's officers during his 1791-95 expedition, in 1793.
[1] The island was named for Lieutenant Woronkovski of the Imperial Russian Navy, who explored the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in 1836; the name was published in 1848 on a Russian Hydrographic Department chart as "O(strov) Voronkovskiy".
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