Description

Hermanos Islands is located between San Alberto Bay and San Christoval Channel, SE of Rosary I.,

History

Spanish name "Los Hermanos," meaning "The Brothers," given in 1775 by Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco Antonio Maurelle. Baker (1906, p. 148) published the translation, "Brothers (the)"; changed back to "Hermanos" in 1908 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) to avoid duplication.

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