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Pillar; ra\n'. \hv castcrii iioiiit of entrance to Izhut })ay, on the southeastern shore 

 (if Afo^rnak island, Kodiak grouj). This may be Cape Whitsunday of Cook 

 in 177S. Called l)y the RnsHians Kekur (pillar). 

 Pillar; hill or mountain (1,491 feet high), very near St. Paul, Kodiak. A note on 

 the old Russian chart made by Russian naval othcers in 1808-1810 says: 

 "On (this) mountain a pillar rises 150 fathoms above sea level." On the 

 Coast Survey chart of 1869 this hill was called Pillar mountain. 



Pillar; jioint, on the eastern shore of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. So named by 

 Perry, in 1881, who shows a rock near it. 



Pillar; mck, northwest from Kiska, Rat island group, western Aleutians. The 

 Russians designated it as Viesokie kamen (high rock); Tebenkof, 1849, 

 calls it Stolb (pillar), and the United States North Pacific Exploring 

 l'",xpedition, in 1855, called it Pillar rock. 



Pillars, Bay of; bay, ii;denting the western shore of Kuiu island, Chatham strait, 

 Alexander archipelago. Descriptive name, published by Dall in the 

 Coast Pilot (1883, p. 120). 



Pillars (The); high rocks, off the southern shore of Umnak, eastern Aleutians. 

 Local name, from the Russians. 



Pillsbury; point, in Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Meade, in 1869, after Lieut. Commander John Elliott Pills- 

 bury, U. S. N., a member of his party. 



Pilot; point, on the southeastern shore of Hemlock island. Port Chester, Annette 

 island, Alexander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1896. 



Pimienta, Punta de la; see Pepper. 



Pin; peak (1,300 feet high), on the northwestern shore of Coronation island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Snow in 1886. 



Pin; peaks, on the mainland, east of Frederick sound, southeastern Alaska. So 

 named by Thomas in 1887. 



Pin; point, on Liesnoi island, at entrance to Eliza harbor, Frederick sound, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Pinttl, Punta del; see Pinegrove. 



Pine; creek, just east of the mouth of Solomon river, Seward })eninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Pine; creek, tributary to Niukluk river, from the south, in the Eldorado mining 

 district, Seward peninsula. Local name, published in 1900. Has also 

 been called Foster creek. 



Pine; creek, tributary to Red bay. Prince of Wales island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Helm in 1886. 



Pine;, island and point, in Port Real Marina, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archi- 

 pelago. Named Punta y Ysla del Pino by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775- 

 1779. 



Pine, island; see Spruce. 



Pine; point, the eastern point of entrance to Red bay. Prince of Wales island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Helm in 1886. 



Pinegrove; point, on San Fernando island, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archi- 

 pelago. Named Punta del Pinal (pinegrove) by Maurelle and Quadra jn 

 1775-1779. 



I'liichl, islet; see Pinnacle. 



Pine Tree; islet, in Sawmill cove, Howkan narrows, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Sheldon Jackson in 1880. 



Pingolee; low sandy island, off the mouth of Dease inlet, Arctic ocean. Apparently 

 so named by the British Admiralty. 



Pimjoslnujurun, village; see Pinoshuragin. J 



P'mlk, islets; see Punuk. ? 



