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Pet— Pil. 



Petrel; island, one of the Chiachi islands, off southern shore of Alaska peninsula. 

 So named by Dall in 1875. 



Petrel; point, on the western shore of Portland c-anal. So named hy the Coast Sur- 

 vey in 1895. 



Petrie'x, strait; see Shelikof. 



Petrof; point, the westernmost point of Sannak island. Named Petrova (Petrof's) 

 by Tebenkof in 1849. 



Fhairr-rtdcr, mountain; see Fairweather. 



Phelan; creek, tributary to Delta river, from the east. So named by Glenn in 

 1898. 



Philadelphia; mountain, near George inlet, Revillagigedo island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named 1iy Nichols in 1883. 



Philkhtulik, lake; see Pilktulik. 



Phipp; point, on the northwestern shore of Wales island, Dixon entrance. So 

 named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Phipps; peninsula, at the southern entrance to Yakutat l)ay, southeastern Alaska. 

 Dixon, in 1787, named some point on its shore for Hon. Constantine 

 John Phipps, Baron ]\Iulgrave. (See Coast Pilot, p. 206.) There has 

 been some confusion in the application of this name, it lieing the same as 

 Carrew and Morskoi (ocean or sea) of some charts. Has been misprinted 

 Phips. 



Phipp'i, point; see Carrew. 



Phoebe; creek, tributary to Bettles river, from the east, near longitude 149°. Pros- 

 pectors', name from Schrader, 1899. 



Pi, island; see Pye. 



Pinfideniafnitzi, cape; see Izhut. 



Pickarts; creek, tributary to the Koyukuk, from the north, near Arctic City. 

 Named, in 1899, after Pickarts, of the firm of Pickarts, Bettles & Pickarts, 

 owners of the trading p(^st Bergman. 



Picdrnti, Isla de; see Rocky, island. 



Piedras; point, the eastern jwint of entrance to Rurik harljor, Khantaak island, 

 Yakutat bay. Named Punta de las Piedras (point of rocks) by ]\Ialaspina 

 in 1791. 



Piedras Blancas, rocks; see White. 



PidmiektnUgmiut, village; see Pikmiktalik. 



Pigeon; island, in Port Real ]\Iarina, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named Y'sla de Palomas (island of pigeons) by Maurelle and Quadra in 

 1774—1775. 



Pigot; point, the western point of entrance to Port Wells, Prince William sound. 

 So named l)y Vancouver in 1774. Erroneously Piqot. 



Pik, point; see Peak. 



Pikmiktalik; Eskimo village, near the mouth of Pikmiktalik river, about 30 miles 

 to the south of St. Michael, western Alaska. Native name, from the Rus- 

 sians, who wrote it Pietmiektaligmiut. Nelson wrote it Pikmiktalik. The 

 termination talik or tulik means place or region. 



Pikmiktalik; river, a little south of St. Michael, western Alaska. Eskimo name, 

 from the Russians, who wrote it Pietmiektalik. 



Pihjriin, river; see Kruzgamepa. 



Pilktulik; lake, on the portage between the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Ray- 

 mond, 1869, reports its name as Philkh Tulik (Philk region) and later 

 maps write Philkhtulik. 



Pillar; cape, in Kizhuyak bay, on north coast of Kodiak. Named Kekurnoi (pillar) 

 by the Russians. 



Pillar, cai)e; see Bold. 



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