Description
Sarichef Strait is located between Hall I. and Glory of Russia Cape, St. Matthew I.
History
Lieutenant G. A. Sarichev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), on the Slava Rossii (Glory of Russia), anchored here July 14, 1791 (Old Style (O.S.) calendar). The water passage was afterward named for him by the Russians; "Pro(liv) Sarycheva," or "Sarychev's Strait" (Tebenkov, 1852, map 20).