page_title: Baranof Island
hierarchical_section_title: Baranof Island
caption_attribution_description: Map of the coast of the Pacific Northwest --- Islands and major straits of the northern American pacific coast showing Prince of Wales Island (Alaska), Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada), Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait, Baranof Island, Chichagof Island, Juneau Icefield, Stikine Icecap and other
context_page_description: Baranof Island, also sometimes called Baranov Island, Shee or Sitka Island is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska. The name Baranof was given in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski to honor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov. It was called Sheet’-ká X'áat'l by the native Tlingit people. It is the smallest of the ABC islands of Alaska.
context_section_description: Baranof Island, also sometimes called Baranov Island, Shee or Sitka Island (Russian: остров Баранова, Ситха; also остров Ситка) is an island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle, in Alaska.  The name Baranof was given in 1805 by Imperial Russian Navy captain U. F. Lisianski to honor Alexander Andreyevich Baranov.  It was called Sheet’-ká X'áat'l (often expressed simply as "Shee") by the native Tlingit people.  It is the smallest of the ABC islands of Alaska.
caption: Islands of the Pacific Northwest Coast
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