246 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
of Unimak and the Alaska Peninsula. These rugged snow-covered 
mountains and lofty peaks would serve as unmistakable landmarks were 
they not obscured by the almost constant fogs which prevail in that 
region during the summer months. In fact they were so seldom visible 
during the season of 1890 that the officers of the Albatross made no 
pretense of using them as landmarks. The shore line and objects near 
the sea level were often visible beneath the fog when the higher lands 
were obscured, hence most of the available landmarks were found on 
’ or near the beach. 
Unimak Pass to Port Méller.—The Northwest Cape of Unimak is low, 
with detached rocks, around which strong tidal currents sweep. The 
land falls away to the eastward in a gentle curve, forming an open bay 
about 4 miles in depth, between the cape and Cave Point, which lies 
NNE. $ E., 16 miles from the former. It is a vertical rocky cliff about 
150 feet in height, and takes its name from a cave on its face, inhabited 
by sea birds, which in summer time hover about it in thousands, 
making it conspicuous in clear weather by their numbers and in fogs 
by their constant cries. The snow-clad peak of Progrumnoi Volcano, 
rising to an altitude of 5,523 feet above the sea, forms a striking back- 
ground to the low monotonous coast. 
Passing Cape Lapin, a low bluff point 8 miles from Cave Point, the 
coast falls away slightly for 6 miles, when it turns abruptly to the 
eastward for about 5 miles, then takes a northerly direction, forming 
Shaw Bay. This bay is open to the northward, but affords protection 
from all winds from the southward of east or west. The approaches 
are clear and the water shoals gradually to 6 fathoms, black sand, 
about three-quarters of a mile from shore. 
From Shaw Bay to Isanotski Strait the coast trends in a northeast- 
erly direction, is very low and has several rocky patches extending from 
half a mile to a mile or more from shore, making navigation unsafe 
inside of the 12-fathom line. The voleano of Shishaldin rises 8,953 feet, 
about midway between the above points, and about 7 or 8 miles inland. 
Isanotski Strait is available only for vessels of the smallest class. 
From the strait to Cape Glasenap, about 19 miles, the coast line 
retains the same general direction, and is very low until reaching the 
latter point, which is oval in form, about 150 feet in height, and has 
been called Round Point. 
Izenbek Bay covers a large area at high tide, but much of it dries at 
low water; a small vessel may, however, find a secure harbor behind 
the cape. The channel follows close around the point and has from 10 
to 12 feet depth on the bar. 
Amak Island is of volcanic origin, about 24 miles in length, 14 in 
width, and 1,682 feetin height. It lies 11 miles northwest from Cape 
Glasenap. The beaches are mostly of huge water-worn bowlders, hav- 
ing vertical cliffs from 30 to 150 feet in height, with moss-covered pla- 
teaus, which in summer time are covered with a rank growth of grass 
