What is St. Lawrence Island?
[[File:Txu-pclmaps-topo-us-saint_lawrence-1970.jpg|thumb|Close up map of St. Lawrence Island.]] '''St. Lawrence Island''' is an island found in the [[Bering Sea]], west of the [[United States|U.S.]] [[U.S. State|State]] [[Alaska]]. The island has an area of 4,640 [[square kilometer|square kilometers]], and is 140 [[kilometer|km]] long, and 35 km wide. The island is part of Alaska, although it is closer to [[Russia]]. The island is a one of the last above water parts of the ancient landmass known as [[Beringia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tools and Implements: St. Lawrence Island and the Bering Strait Region |work=University of Missouri-Columbia Museum of Anthropology |url=http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/bering/intro.shtml |access-date=2006-05-24 |archive-date=2011-06-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624081737/http://anthromuseum.missouri.edu/minigalleries/bering/intro.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is the sixth largest island in the United States, and is the [[List of islands by area|113th largest island in the world]]. In 2010, 1,292 people lived on the island,<ref>[https://www.census.gov|b=50|l=en|t=4001|zf=0.0|ms=sel_00dec|dw=17.701027675209602|dh=6.035539041852557|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-170.20089635341083|cy=63.430295928031335|zl=8|pz=8|bo=318:317:316:314:313:323:319|bl=362:393:358:357:356:355:354|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=04000US02&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=15000US021800001006&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=14000US02180000100&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U Block Group 6, Census Tract 1, Nome Census Area] United States Census Bureau</ref> most of which live in the two main villages of [[Savoonga, Alaska|Savoonga]] and [[Gambell, Alaska|Gambell]]. ==History== The island is thought to have been home to several old [[Alaskan natives|natives]], mostly by the [[Siberian Yupik]] around 2,500 years ago. In 1878, a [[famine]] [[St. Lawrence Island famine|hit the island]], causing over 1,000 people