Description

Stuart Island is located in Norton Sound, 10 mi. NW of St. Michael, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

History

Named on September 18, 1778, by Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 488), RN. Eskimo name was published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 4), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "Kikhtaknak."

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