Description
Poltava Island is located in Pacific Ocean, near entrance to Port Wrangell, on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, 37 mi. NE of Sutwil I., Aleutian Range
History
Russian name given in 1832 by Ensign Vasiliev; published in 1836 by Captain F.P. Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Poltava," meaning "Poltava Island."