Natural History
Saint Paul Island, like all of the Pribilof Islands, is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. Its seabird cliffs were purchased in 1982 for inclusion in the refuge. The island has also been designated as an Important Bird Area.
It is the breeding grounds for more than 500,000 northern fur seals and millions of sea birds, and is surrounded by one of the world's richest fishing grounds.
A dwarf variety of mammoth survived on Saint Paul Island until c.3,750 BC, which is the most recent survival of North American mammoth populations.
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