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Located on the south central portion of Kruzof Island, 16 miles west of Sitka; Alexander Archipelago.
Named in 1778 by Captain James Cook, RN, "probably after Mt. Edgecumbe at the entrance of Plymouth Harbor, England, but possibly after George, the first Earl of Edgecouver" (Wagner,1937,p385). This feature was also called "Montana de San Jacinto," or "Saint Jacinto Mountain," on August 16, 1775, by Don Juan de la bodega y Quadra, "in honor of the saint whose day it was" (Wagner,p501); "Gora Svataya Lazarya," or "Saint Lazarus Mountain," by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826,map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). This mountain was climbed in July 1805 by Captain UT Lisianski, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). (AK-T1)
Magoun Islands, Saint Lazaria Islands,
Areas:Bars:Bays:Port Krestof, Port Mary, Crab Bay, Cuvacan Cove, Gilmer Bay, Goleta Cove, Krestof Sound, Krestof Sound, Mud Bay, Neva Bay, Rocky Cove, Shelikof Bay, Sukoi Inlet, Sukon Strait, Whitestone Cove,
Capes:Point Mary, Point Amelia, Point Brown, Beaver Point, Cape Edgecumbe, Engano Point, Escape Cape, Inner Point, Kamenoi Point, Mountain Point, Neva Point, Partof Point, Rob Point, Shoals Point, Sitka Point, Trubitsin Point, Twin Point, Whitestone Point,
Channels:East Channel Hayward Strait, Hayward Strait, West Channel Hayward Strait, Whitestone Narrows,
Islands:Bare Island, Brady Island, Double Island, Goloi Island, Kruzof Island, Lava Island, Liesnoi Island, Little Biorka Island, Low Island, Mills Island, Nadezhda Islands, Slaughter Island, Sound Islands, Vitskari Island, Vitskari Rocks, Whitestone Rock,
Mountains:Mount Edgecumbe, Shell Mountain,
Parks:Magoun Islands State Marine Park,
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