200 LOG BOOK OF THE "ST. PETER" 



£ October 27, 1741. After Midday 



of the highest point of each of the two islands (Amchitka: height 1,008 feet, visibility 

 radius 32 knots; Kiska: height 4,050 feet, visibility radius 70 knots) with reference to 

 the probable course of the St. Peter as adjusted to the latitude of 51° 11' and the bearing 

 NW by N at the time of sighting, it seems probable, however, that the island seen was 

 Kiska and not Amchitka. This would also seem to be indicated by the characterization 

 of the' island as high. "Amchitka is . . . low . . . The offshore navigator can not 

 expect to see Amchitka at all as there are no commanding elevations" (United States 

 Coast Pilot: Alaska, Part II, 1st edition, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Washington, 

 D. C, 1916, p. 222). — Edit. Note.] 



