Description
0.5 mi. N of West Point on Kupreanof I. and 76 mi. E of Sitka, Alex. Arch.
History
Named Perenosnaya Islands in 1869 by Commander R.W. Meade, U.S. Navy (USN). The name was suggested by Perenosnaya Bay, now called Portage Bay, one mile to the south. Perenosnaya is the Russian word meaning portage. The name, Portage Islets was published by US@C&GS in the 1883 Alaska Coast Pilot (p. 125).