Description
Kawanera is located projecting from shore line, at middle of Great East Rookery, on NE coast of Saint George I., in Pribilof Islands.
History
An Aleut name listed as "Ka'wa-nar'a" by Putnam (1903, p. 1015), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), meaning "'sea lions' bidarra or boat." Putnam says it is a "prominent high ledge projecting from shore line to about middle of East Rookery (Great Eastern Rookery), occupied by numerous sea lions."