Information About

Morskoi Rock

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 20' 33" N,
135 ° 53' 33" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Morskoi Rock in Detail.

About

2 mi. off NW tip of Kruzof I. and 28 mi. NW of Sitka; Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name meaning "sea," given in 1833 by the navigator Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "Os(trov) Morskoy."