Explore Bogoslof Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge

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Bogoslof Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Located within the Aleutian Islands unit of Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, it is 175 acres (71 ha) in area and was designated by the United States Congress in 1970. It encompasses the entirety of Bogoslof Island and nearby Fire Island. Over the past 200 years, at least 6 eruptions have occurred within the depths of the southeastern Bering Sea in this remote part of the Alaska Maritime NWR, in the Eastern Aleutians. The most recent eruption began on December 20, 2016, and has once again changed the landscape of Bogoslof Island. Bogoslof and nearby Fire Island have changed shape and size, sometimes disappearing altogether, before reappearing in the next eruption. Seabird nesting populations have fluctuated in response to changes in habitat, occasionally occupying new land while it continues to steam. Fur seals and Steller sea lions are dependent on existence of beaches for rookery habitat. An estimated 5000 tufted puffins nest within burrows on Puffin Slope.

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