Information About

Bobrof Island

Quick Facts

Open in The Map Bobrof Island on The Map

Location

51 ° 54' 22" N,
177 ° 26' 47" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Adak

Length

2.5 mi (4.02 km)

Elevation

2011 ft (612.95 m)

Bobrof Island in Detail.

About

in Andreanof Island between Kanaga and Tanaga Is., Aleutian Is.;

History

Reported in 1790 by Commodore Joseph Billings, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published "O(strov) Bobrovoy Vilga", or "Sea Otter Vilga Island". "Vilga" may have been the Aleut name. Baker (1906, p. 558) published "Sea Otter Islet."