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Bobrof Island

Bobrof Island

Quick Facts
Region:
  • Aleutians West (CA)
Nearest City:
Length:
  • 2.5 mi (4.02 km)
Elevation:
  • 2011 ft (612.95 m)
About

in Andreanof Island between Kanaga and Tanaga Is., Aleutian Is.;

History of Bobrof Island

Reported in 1790 by Commodore Joseph Billings, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 28), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), published "O(strov) Bobrovoy Vilga", or "Sea Otter Vilga Island". "Vilga" may have been the Aleut name. Baker (1906, p. 558) published "Sea Otter Islet."