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Lava Island

Lava Island

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  • Sitka
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off S coast of Kruzof I., 14 mi. W of Sitka, Alex. Arch.

History of Lava Island

Russian name meaning "lava" given in 1809 by the navigator Ivan Vasiliev the first Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 19), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) as "O(strov) Lava."