Description

Ilput Island is located off W coast of Baranof I., 12 mi. S of Sitka, Alex. Arch. 0.5 mile long.

History

Tlingit Indian name reported in 1809 by Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "O(strov) Ilpyt," or "Ilpyt Island."

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