Information About

Goloi Island

Quick Facts

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Location

57 ° 0' 42.998" N,
135 ° 41' 2" W

Region

Sitka

Nearest City

Sitka

Goloi Island in Detail.

About

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

History

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."