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Goloi Island

Goloi Island

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Region:
  • Sitka
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off S coast of Kruzof I., 13 mi. W of Sitka; Alex. Arch.

History of Goloi Island

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