BAKKit] 319 Pel-I»er. 



Peisax; islaiKl, in tlu' southwistern part of Sitka sound, Raranof island, Alexan(ier 

 archipelago. Named Peisar (writer) by Vasilief in 1809. Pronounced 

 Pe-sar. 



FclciHja, point; see Azimuth. 



Pdujro, Isla del; see Kalgin. 



Pellew; point, on the northern sliore of Prim-e William sound. So named by Van- 

 couver in 1794. 



Pelly; mountains (5,000 to 7,000 feet high), lake, and river, Yukon, Canada. 

 Named after a former governor of the Hudson Bay Company. 



I'ellij, mountains; see Romanzof. 



Pflozlkh'lla; mountains, on the north bank of the Yukon river, near mouth of the 

 Melzoi river. Name published by the Coast Survey in lcS9S. 



Peluk; creek, just south of Port Clarence, Seward iieninsula. Native name, from 

 Barnard, 1900. 



Peluk; creek, tributary to the Kugirukruk river, from the north, Seward peninsula. 

 Native name, from Brooks, 1900. 



Penelope; creek, tributary to Koksuktapaga river, from the south, Seward j.enin- 

 sula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Pciiiki, islet; see Pinnacle. 



Peninsula; island (8oo feet high ) , near the northwestern shore of Big Koniuji island, 

 Shumagin group. So named V)y Dall in 1875. 



Peninsula (The): isolated hill, near east bank of the Copper river, just north of 

 Bremner river. So named by Abercromliie in 1898. 



Peninsula; point, on Revillagigedo island, in Tongass narrows, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Local name, given by the pilots. 



Peninsula; ridge of mountains, on the mainland, between Boca de Quadra and 

 Dixon entrance, southeastern Alaska. So named by Nichols in 188H. 



Peninsula Bluff; cape, the northern point of entrance to Albatross anchorage, 

 Portage bay, Alaska peninsula. So named in 189."1 



Peninsular; point, on the southeastern shore of Chichagof island, opposite Kootz- 

 nahoo, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. This name, which is 

 descriptive, first appears in the Coast Pilot of 1891 (p. 162). 



Pennock; island, at the south end of Tongass narrows, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by the pilot W. E. ( ieorge. 



Pennock; reef, off the northwestern end of Pennock island, Tongass narrows, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Dall in 1883. 



Penny; creek, tributary to Solomon river, from the north, Sewanl peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Penny; river, in the Nome mining region, Seward ]ieninsula. Local name, given by 

 prospectors in 1898. Was also called by Schrader No Name river. 



Pnilrrost, cape; see Izhnt. 



Pepper; point, the southern point of entrance to Port Asnmcion, Bucan-li bay, 

 Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Punta de la Pimienta ( pepper point) 

 l)y Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Percebes; point, the easternmost point of San Juan Bautista island, Bucaicli l)ay, 

 I Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Punta de Percebes by ^Maurelle and 



■ Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Percy; group of islands, at junction of Felice and Clarence straits, Alexander arciii- 

 pelago. So named by Dall in the C<jast Pilot (1888, p. 83). 



Percy; point, the westernmost jtoint of the Percy islands, Clarence strait. Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1793. 

 ' Pereg-rebni; cape, in Kizhuyak bay, on the northern coast of Kodiak. Nanu'd 

 Peregrebnie (passable, i. e., a point which can be rowed i)ast) by the Rus- 

 sians. 



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