St. George

History

The island was discovered by Gavriil Pribylov on June 25, 1786, during a search for the breeding grounds of northern fur seals. The island is named after Pribylov's ship, the St. George. St. George Island was the first of the Pribilofs to be discovered. Built in 1935, the sole church on the island is St. George Church, an Eastern Orthodox Church in the Diocese of Alaska of the Orthodox Church in America. On February 29, 1996 the crab-fishing vessel All American ran aground on the island without loss of life.

Geography

St. George is located at (56.605546, −169.559584). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it (80.94%) is water. The city is served by an airport with scheduled service to St. Paul Island Airport and Unalaska Airport provided by Grant Aviation. Alaska Central Express also offers flights to Anchorage.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Species 2494360

  Species 2494360
  367
• Lapland Longspur

  Calcarius lapponicus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  362
• Species 9533566

  Species 9533566
  342
• Species 2481204

  Species 2481204
  335
• Species 2481205

  Species 2481205
  321
• Glaucous-winged Gull

  Larus glaucescens J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  292
• Rock Sandpiper

  Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues, 1873) · Aves
  288
• Snow Bunting

  Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  267

Largest nearby schools

• Pribilof Correspondence School
  Other · St George · 5 students

Most recent

• M 3.5 — 2024-08-16
  28 km NE of Saint George, Alaska
• M 3.9 — 2023-10-31
  81 km E of Saint George, Alaska
• M 4.3 — 2023-10-31
  53 km W of Saint George, Alaska
• M 2.9 — 2023-09-27
  81 km E of Saint George, Alaska
• M 2.7 — 2023-09-27
  81 km E of Saint George, Alaska
• M 4.6 — 2023-09-27
  80 km ESE of Saint George, Alaska