| 词条 | Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge |
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| name = Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge | iucn_category = IV | map = USA | relief = 1 | map_caption = Map of the United States | map_width = 300 | photo = Atlantic_Puffins_and_razorbills_on_Seal_Island_(4188086646).jpg | photo_caption = Atlantic Puffins and razorbills on Seal Island | photo_width = | location = Knox County, Maine, United States | nearest_city = Vinalhaven, Maine | coordinates = {{coord|43.888|N|68.74|W|region:US-ME|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coords_ref = | area = {{convert|65|acre|ha|abbr=on}} | established = 1972 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | website = Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge }} Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge is a {{Convert|1|mi|km|adj=mid|long}} island off the coast of Maine near Matinicus Island that is part of the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge. It is home to colonies of many types of seabirds, including Atlantic puffins, great cormorants, double-crested cormorant Arctic terns, common terns, Razorbills, Leaches petrel, Eider, and Black guillemots. Seal Island is the last refuge for the dwindling great cormorant population in the Gulf of Maine,@35 pairs in 2018. During the Cold War, the island was used as a gunnery range and bombing test site for the U.S. Navy. Unexploded ordnance remain on the island, though some were detonated by a fire in the late 1970s. The ordnance presents no real danger to refuge staff or interns Seal Island NWR has a surface area of {{convert|65|acre|ha}}.[1] It is part of the Town of Vinalhaven. References1. ^USFWS Lands Report, 30 September 2007 {{Include-USGov|agency=United States Fish and Wildlife Service}}External links
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