Description
Largest of the Necker Islands, 15 mi SW of Sitka, Alex. Arch.
History
Named in 1809 by the Russian navigator, Ivan Vasiliev the first ; Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published as "Ostrov Biorka," by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19) Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). In 1805 it was called "South Island" by Captain U. T. Lisianski, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).