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Hall Island (Russian:Холл) is a smallisland located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the northwest ofSt. Matthew Island in theBering Sea inAlaska, United States. It serves as a haulout site forPacificwalrus. It is 5 miles (8 km) in length and has a land area of 6.2 square miles (16 km2). The highest point is 1,610 feet (490 m). Hall Island is uninhabited. It is part of the Bering Sea unit of theAlaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and is protected as part of the Bering Sea Wilderness.
EarlyRussian hunters knew this island as "Ostrov Morzhovoy" ('Walrus Island') (Tevenkov, 1852, mpa 20). The ImperialRussian Hydrographic Department Chart 1427 called it "Ostrov Sindsha" probably for Lt. Sind, its alleged discoverer, in 1764.
CommodoreJoseph Billings of theImperial Russian Navy and Lt.Gavril Sarychev anchored between this island and St. Matthew on July 14, 1791 (O.S.). Since 1875, this island has been called "Hall" on American maps, presumably for Lt. Robert Hall, who was with Captain Billings, or also for Cape Hall.
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