55 ° 52' 34" N,
134 ° 35' 31.999" W
Petersburg (CA)
extend in Christian Sound, 9 mi. W of Coronation I., Alex. Arch.
HistoryAccording to Wagner (1937, p. 391), "It is uncertain who named them, but no doubt it was George Dixon, who passed the June 28, 1787. The name was adopted by Vancouver * * *." Called "Las Hermanas," meaning "the sisters," by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle in 1779; "Isles de la Croyere," meaning "The Croyere Islands," by Perouse in 1786; "Los Hermanos," meaning "the brothers," by Galiano (1802, map 3); "O(strova) Tumannoi," meaning "foggy islands," by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 9), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).
