Description
Kanga Island is located on N shore of Kanga Bay, 4.5 mi. N of Goddard, 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) Kanga" or "Kanga Island." According to Baker (1906, p. 349), Kanga "is an Asiatic name of the Mongolian gun."