Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. It is the largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago and at 8975 km² (3465 square miles) in area is the largest island in Alaska and the second-largest island in the United States (after the Big Island of Hawaii). It is 160 km (100 miles) long and in width ranges from 16 to 96 km (10 to 60 miles). Kodiak Island is the namesake for Kodiak Seamount.
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Noun 1. an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784 (synonym) Kodiak (hypernym) island (part-holonym) Alaska, Last Frontier, AK