Description
Kanu Island is located between Great Sitkin and Umak Islands., Andreanof Islands., Aleutian Islands.
History
Name derived from Unak Island and given by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office in 1936 because "There being so much similarity in the names (of nearby) Ulak I., Umak I., and Unak I., serious delay might result in sending a rescue party to one of these islands, as was brought out in the 1934 report of the expedition, and for this reason Unak I. was spelled backward. . ." The name "Unak" is derived from the Aleut "unaq" meaning "wound," published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "O(strov) Yunakh," or "Yunakh Island."