Description
Trinity Islands is located off SW coast of Kodiak I., include Sitkinak and Tugidak Islands.
History
Name published as "Trinity Island" by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 407), Royal Navy (RN). These islands were called "Trinidad Island" by Galiano (1802, map 3) and "Kightak Sichtunak," (Sichtunak Island), by Sauer (1802, p. 174). The Russian Hydrographic Dept. published the name as "o(strovy) Troitsy," (Trinity Islands) in 1847 on Chart 1378; this name was also published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1868.