48 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



GLINKA ROOKEUIES. 



The soiitlieiii, or Glinka, groui) of rookeries ((rlinJiovskoye Iczhbishtchr) is situated 

 about 4i miles southeast of Karabeliioye. Thej' eoiitaintlie most important hauliiifi- 

 grouiids on the island, but at the same time the most inaccessible. The island is liere 

 very narrow, yet the nionntains average even a greater heiglit than farther noi-th, and 

 the ]iasses between the short and steep valleys on the east and west sides are also 

 very high. The inonntains rise precipitously from the sea, bordered only by a very 

 narrow beach of rocks and stones, hardly deserving the name. All the rocks are here 

 stratified, with a very pronounced dip. The projecting capes run out into jagged reefs 

 formed by the exposed broken strata standing nearly on end, while numerous outlying 

 rocks and stones guard the approaclies (pi. 47). Singularly formed rocks ami 

 pinnacles carved out by the never-ceasing breakers, and saw-tooth ju'omontories mark 

 tlie ends of the various bays. 



The length of the whole beach of this rookery is about C miles, but this stretch is 

 not occupied by a continuous line of seals. On the contrary, they are gathered in 

 groups at certain points which, for some reason unknown to us, are preferred to others, 

 although ai)parently equally suitable. These various seal-grounds are named as 

 follows from west to east: Gorelaya, Lebiazhi Mys, Peresheyek, Urili Kamen, I'est 

 shaTioye, Pestshani Mys, Pagani, Zapadni, Sabatcha Dira, Pahita, Zai)a]ata, 

 Sikatchinskaya, Gavarushkaya, and P.abinskaya Pad. 



Of these, Palata (rnJatinxlwyc }ezhJ)hh1chc) is un(|uestionably the most imi)ortant. 

 It is named from the high and sharj) promontory which extends faitliest out into the 

 sea on this part of the coast, and which somewhat resembles a large house with a 

 steep, peaked roof. The top of it is fully .^OO feet above the sea, and the walls are very 

 steep, being in fact nearly perpendicular on the south side. This is Palata proper. 

 A very jagged reef extends in a southwesterly direction from the foot of it, and to the 

 northwest are several detached rocks. From one of these, two of the accompanying 

 photographs were taken (pis. 48 and 40). On the north side this promontory is 

 separated froni the high mountain walls back of it by a narrow gully, which toward 

 the sea expands into a somewhat open basin, the bottom and sides of which are lined 

 with a pale-buft' clay. The beach, a narrow strip covered with large rounded pebbles, 

 extends northward under the clayey banks for several hundred yards, and continues 

 in the same manner under the precipices of one of the higher mountains of this 

 l)art of the island, rising to 1,400 feet. No particular feature, except a pile of rocks 

 somewhat larger than usual, distinguishes this part of the beach, which is named 

 Sdhatchn Dira, the "dog-hole."' 



From here to Pestshani Mys the character of the coast and beach is the same, 

 except that about halfway the overhanging clitt's crowd the beach still more closely, 

 with a small reef at their feet, thus forming a "mys,"' or cape, Zapadni Mys, probably 

 so called because it is situated nearly due west from Glinka village. The gently 

 curving beach between Zapadni and Pestshani Mys is called Pagani, the Unclean, for 

 no obvious reason. At this jdace there is a break in the mountain wall behind, for 

 above the coast escarpment a comparatively wide valley opens up, the drainage from 

 which empties out at Pagani in three ilistinct streams. 



'Tlioro are a number of places on Copper Isl.aml called S.abatclia Dira, but tlicy arc in all other 

 cases actu.al holes tlirongh the rocks. I have been unahle to sec the application of the name to th.at 

 part of tlio I'alata rookery now so designated. Foruiorly there may have been such a perforated rock, 

 now crumbled to pieces. 



