Description
W Francis Rock is located off NW coast of Baranof I., in Sergius Narrows, in Peril Strait, 26 mi. NW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.
History
Named in 1884 by Commander J. B. Coghlan, U.S. Navy (USN), for pilot E. H. Francis, who was the first person to make soundings on the rock U.S. Coast and Geodetic Furvey, 1891, p. 187).