Information About

Lava Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 0' 22" N,
135 ° 42' 13" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Part of

Kruzof Island

Lava Island in Detail.

About

off S coast of Kruzof I., 14 mi. W of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History

Russian name meaning "lava" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "O(strov) Lava."