Description
Barren Islands is located in Gulf of Alaska between Kenai Peninsula and Shuyak I., 68 mi. NE of Afognak, Chugach Mts.
History
Named on May 25, 1778 by Captain James Cook (1785, v. 2 p. 385), RN, who wrote They obtained the name of Barren Isles from their very naked appearance..." The name, "Islas Esteriles," published by Don D. A. Galiano (1802, map 3) and "Ostrova Bezplodnyya," published by Captain M. D. Tebenkov (1852, map 22), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), are Spanish and Russian translations of the English name.