Description
Deranof Island is located between Afognak and Kupreanof Straits, N of Kodiak I; Aleutain Range. 0.5 mile long.
History
local name reported in 1899 by members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, for Ivan Deranov, who operated a fox farm on the island. Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), and was so published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. "Dearborn Island" by Lieutenant Commander steamer Albatross. the translation of Murashev's name. the name "Deranof Island."