Saint Lawrence Island

island, Alaska, United States

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Saint Lawrence Island is a geographical feature located in the northern Bering Sea. It is approximately 95 miles (153 kilometers) long. This island is part of an Arctic maritime environment, characterized by tundra and surrounded by sea ice in the winter. It serves as a refuge for various marine mammals, including seals, sea otters, sea lions, and walrus.12

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…Arctic maritime environment, typified by St. Lawrence, Nunivak, and St. Matthew islands and the Pribilof group. Those tundra-covered islands are surrounded by sea ice in winter and serve as protected refuges for the world’s largest herds of fur-bearing seals and sea otters, as well as
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…Arctic maritime environment, typified by St. Lawrence, Nunivak, and St. Matthew islands and the Pribilof group. Those tundra-covered islands are surrounded by sea ice in winter and serve as protected refuges for the world’s largest herds of fur-bearing seals and sea otters, as well as
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