Description
Makhnati Island is located connected to Japonski I., in Sitka Sound, 2 mi. SW of Sitka; Alex. Arch.
History
Russian name meaning "rough" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first; published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Os(trov) Makhnatyy."