Sitkinak Island is an island of the

Kodiak Archipelago The Kodiak Archipelago () is an archipelago (group of islands) south of the main land-mass of the state of Alaska (United States), about by air south-west of Anchorage in the Gulf of Alaska. The largest island in the archipelago is Kodiak Islan ...

of the state of

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. It lies south of the southern tip of

Kodiak Island Kodiak Island (, ) is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the Un ...

in the western part of the

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. Tugidak Island lies to its west. The two islands are the largest components of the Trinity Islands of Alaska. The Trinity Islands, and thus Sitkinak, are part of the Gulf of Alaska unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Sitkinak Island has a land area of 235.506 km² (90.929 sq mi) and no resident population. From 1960 to 1977 the

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operated a Loran-C station on the island. Cattle Operation Alaska Meat Company runs a free range cattle operation, Sitkinak Ranch on the island. They have about 600 head of cattle which are slaughtered and processed on the island in late fall to sell as "Beyond Organic" beef. The unique herd of cattle have thrived on the eastern and western islands of Sitkinak since 1937.Wanda Fields. Now It Can Be Told, OP, 2000, Print. It is one of the few pristine islands in the world to support this rare species of cattle. More information can be found a
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There is a healthy population of red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') on the island. Fox pelages varies widely with many cross individuals and cross variants.

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Islands of the Kodiak Archipelago Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Protected areas of Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Islands of Alaska {{KodiakIslandAK-geo-stub