Description
Goloi Islands is located in Salisbury Sound, off S coast of Chichagof I., 24 mi. SE of Chichagof; Alex. Arch.
History
Russian name meaning "bare" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strova) Goloy."