Information About

Guibert Islets

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 38' 48.001" N,
135 ° 10' 4.001" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Guibert Islets in Detail.

About

between Necker and Whale Bays, on SW coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.

History

Named in 1883 by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS; originally named "Necker Isles" by La Perouse on September 5, 1786 (Wagner, 1937, p. 475); in 1850 it was called "O(stro) va Yaichnyya," meaning "Egg Islands," by the Russian American Company.