Montague (Isla)

"La Isla Montague (en inglés: Montague Island) es una isla en el golfo de Alaska que se extiende en la entrada de Prince William Sound en el estado de Alaska, en los Estados Unidos de América. La isla tiene una superficie de 790,88 km² (305,36 millas cuadradas), por lo que es la vigésimo sexta isla más grande de los Estados Unidos. Según el censo de 2000, Montague no tiene una población residente permanente, por lo que es la isla deshabitada más grande en los Estados Unidos. La isla Montague es bien conocida entre la pesca deportiva por el puerto de Seward, que se conoce como "La Tierra de los Gigantes". En 2007 se obtuvo un mero 350 libras y muchos barcos llenos de peces de más de 100 libras."

"Montague Island is an island in the Gulf of Alaska lying at the entrance to Prince William Sound in the state of Alaska, United States. The island has a land area of 790.88 km² (305.36 sq mi), making it the 26th largest island in the United States. As of the 2000 census, Montague did not have a permanent resident population, making it the largest uninhabited island in the United States. Montague Island is well known among sport fishing out of the Seward port as it is referred to as 'The Land of the Giants'. In 2007 it produced a 350 lb halibut and many boats full of fish over 100 lbs. Montague Island was named by Captain James Cook in honor of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, one of his greatest supporters. The island's coastal ecology has been subject to 'unprecedented amounts of ocean trash' transported by wind and currents from Japan's March 2011 tsunami, according to the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, in May 2012. A large scale clean-up began on 22 May 2012, funded by The Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation."