LANDFALL: KISKA ISLAND 



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October 26, 17 41. After Midday 



112 Khitrov's journal: "4 o'clock in the afternoon sighted an island; southern point of 

 it bore true N." [The "island" sighted was probably the southern end of Kiska Island, 

 1,200 to 1,500 feet high and with a radius of visibility of about 40 knots, and was not 

 recognized as part of the same island of which it was the northern peak, 4,°5o feet high 

 and with a radius of visibility of about 70 knots, that had been sighted eight nours before. 

 — Edit. Note.) 



Footnotes to Log of October 25 



109 Khitrov's journal: "Saw land in NW by N, 8 miles distant, which we took for ai 

 island." ... 



no Khitrov's journal: "The island we sighted is high, rocky, treeless, and covered with 

 snow. Latitude 51° 11' . . ." This refers to the latitude of the ship at 8 A. M., when 

 the island was first sighted (see Waxel's report, p. 275); on the chart (PI. I) the October 

 25 noon position has been plotted accordingly, as this brings the subsequent landfalls 

 into better agreement with the actual conditions than the observed latitude of 50° 50', 

 which was probably a poor observation, and the recorded day's run of 69.6 knots, which 

 probably underestimated the current and was too low. 



111 Kiska Island. [Sokolov (Zapiski Hydrogr. Depart.. Vol. 9. St. Petersburg, 18SL 

 pp. 394-395) identifies St. Markiana Island as Amchitka and St. Stephen Island, sighted 

 on October 28 (here interpreted as Buldir), as Kiska. If the arc of visibility be plotted 



(Continuation of footnote on p. 200.) 



