Description
Port Krestof is located on E coast of Kruzof I., 12 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.7 mile wide.
History
Name published in 1848 on Russian Hydrog, Dept. Chart 1397 as "Gavan Krestovskaya," meaning "cross harbor." It was called "Zaliv Mylkoy, "meaning "shallow bay," in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published as such by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).