 kruzof island is an island in the alexander archipelago in southeastern alaska at . it is about  west of sitka, and is part of the city and borough of sitka. it was named in 1805 by captain u.t. lisianski as crooze island, after a russian admiral. in 1849, captain tebenkov recorded the tlingit name for the island as being tlikh. ==naming history== before being named by lisianski, it was called san jacinto after mt edgecumbe was named montaÃ±a de san jacinto by don juan de la bodega y quadra in 1775. la perousÃ© referred to that name by calling the island st. hyacinthe. captain nathaniel portlock named the island pitt island in 1787.{{cite book | last = portlock | first = nathaniel | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = a voyage round the world; but more particularly, to the north-west coast of america: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the king george and queen charlotte, captains portlock and dixon | publisher = printed for john stockdale, opposite burlington-house, piccadilly; and george goulding, james street, covent garden | year = 1789 | location = london | pages = 275 | url = http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?cis
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