Definition of: Wrangell Island

(rang′gəl)
1. An island of the Alexander Archipelago, SE Alaska; 30 miles long, 5 to 14 miles wide.
2. An island in the western Chukchi Sea off NE Siberia; part of Khabarovsk territory, Asiatic Russian S.F.S.R.; 75 miles long, 45 miles wide; 1,740 square miles. Also Wran′gel Island. Russian O·strov Vran·ge·ly (ô′strôf vrän′gi·lyə).