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De Long Islands

De Long Islands

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Located in Foggy Bay, E shore Revillagigedo Channel, Coast Mountains.

History of De Long Islands

Named in 1885 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Lieutenant Commander George Washington DeLong, U.S. Navy (USN), of the steamer Jeannette, who died in the Lena Delta in November 1881.