Executive Order 5470

It is hereby ordered that Triangle Island and all small unnamed islands and rocks lying adjacent to Nunivak Island, Alaska, and all lands under water appurtenant thereto, located approximately in latitude 60°N, longitude 166°W from Greenwich, in Bering Sea, and lying within the boundary indicated by the broken line upon the diagram attached hereto and made part of this order, be, and the same are hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for wild birds and game and fur-bearing animals, subject to existing valid rights.

These islands are hereby added to and made part of the Nunivak Island Reservation, Alaska, and shall be subject to all provisions of law, regulations, and orders governing said reservation only in so far as the same apply to their use for wild-life-refuge purposes.

Herbert Hoover⁠

The White House,

October 22, 1930.

Notes

Amends:

• Executive Order 5095, April 15, 1929

See Related:

• Proclamation 2416, July 25, 1940 (renamed reservation);
• Public Law 96-487 (Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act), December 2, 1980

- Incorporated this reservation, as amended, into the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge