Description
22 mi. NW of Kodiak, in Kupreanof Strait, on N coast of Kodiak I.
History
Named "Mys Chernova," "Chernov's Cape," in 1839 or 1840 by Murashev, probably for Ivan Chernov, who made explorations and surveys in the Russian American colonies from 1832 to 1838. The name was published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425.