Description
Rocky Island is located in Icy Strait, at mouth of Lynn Canal, 25 mi. SW of Juneau, St. Elias Mts.
History
Named by Lieutenant F. M. Symonds, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1880, or possibly by Commander R. W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN), in 1869. Name was published on Hydrographic Chart 225 in 1880. The island was called "Rocky Islet" by Baker (1906, p. 531).