Description
Nachalni Island is located between Afognak and Kupreanof Straits, S of Raspberry I., 6 mi. SW of Afognak, Kodiak I.
History
Named "Ostrov Nachalney," i.e. "Beginning Island," in 1809 by the Russian navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published as such by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).