Description
Little Gavanski Island is located in Gavanski Is., 6 mi. NW of Sitka; Alex. Arch.
History
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) derived this name about 1882 from translation of part of "Ostrov Gavanskoy Menshoy," meaning "smaller harbor island"; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); originally given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN).