Description
2 mi. NE of Sitka, on W coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 1.5 miles long.
History
Russian name meaning "harbor" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first, published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Gora Gavanskaya (Harbor Mountain)."