Description
Vitskari Island is located in Sitka Sound, 8.5 mi. SW of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I.; Alex. Arch.
History
named in 1809 by the Russian navigator, Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Vitskary," or "Vitskary Island." Kostrometinoff, United States court interpreter at Sitka, this means "Captain Witz's chastisement" (Baker, 1906, p. 661). this feature was called "Middle Islands" by Captain U. T. Lisianski, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).