Description
Nagai Island is located one of largest of Shumagin Is., Aleutian Range
History
This native name was reported in English by Sauer (1802, p. 166); reported in French as "Ile Nagay" by Captain Lutke (1836, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). According to the log of Captain Commander V. Bering's ship St. Peter for August 31, 1741, a sailor named "Shumagin" died and was buried here, and his name was given to the group of islands.