Description
23 mi. NE of Afognak, on SE coast of Afognak I., N of Kodiak I. 4 miles wide.
History
Native name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Z(aliv) Izhut," or "Izhut Bay." This feature was named Whitsunday Bay by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 404), RN, and "Puerto de Solano," or "Harbor of East Wind," by Don D. A. Galiano (1802, map 2). The Russian American Company applied the name King Cove in 1849. See King Cove.