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Ralston Island

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Ralston Island is a small island in the Alexander Archipelago, northwest of Lincoln Island and northwest of Juneau, Alaska, United States. It was named in 1868 by Commander R. W. Meade, USN, for W. C. Ralston; the name was published by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in the 1883 Coast Pilot.^[1] The first European to sight the island was Joseph Whidbey, master of {{HMS|Discovery|1789|6}} during George Vancouver's 1791–95 expedition, in 1794.^[2]

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1. ^{{gnis|1424732|Ralston Island}}
2. ^{{cite book | last = Vancouver | first = George, and John Vancouver | title = A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific ocean, and round the world | publisher = J. Stockdale | year = 1801 | location = London| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qwol8bPaYxsC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false}}

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3 : Islands of the Alexander Archipelago|Islands of Juneau, Alaska|Islands of Alaska

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