Description
Whale Island is located between Kupreanof Strait and Marmot Bay, N of Kodiak I.; Kodiak Islands. 15 square miles in size.
History
called "Os(trov) Govorushechiy ili Kitoy," meaning "Kittiwake (red-legged seagull, Rissa brevirostris), or Whale Island," by Sub-Lt. Mikhail Murashev in 1839 or 1840 and published in 1849 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1425. was reported to be the local name for this feature in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.