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Pin— Plr. 



Pinnacle; pat^s, in tlu> St. Fllias alpitie region. Descriptive name, jriven In- Russell 

 in 1890. 



Pinnacle; point, on the northwestern shore of Nagai island, Shumagin group. It 

 in the north head of the nameless bay at the head of which is Sanborn 

 harbor. So called liy Dall in 1872. Descriptive name. 



Pinnacle; rock, in Chignik lagoon, Chignik Ijay. Alaska peninsula. So named by 

 Moser in 1897. 



Pinnacle; rock, in entrance to Tavlof harbor. Freshwater bay, Chatham strait, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Meade in 1869. 



Pinnacle; rock, in the Chiachi group of islands, off south shore of Alaska peninsula. 

 So named by Dall in 1875. 



Pinnade; rock, off Entrance point, Hooniah harbor, Port Frederick, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by United States naval officers in 1880. 



Pinnacle; rock, on the southwestern edge of the Sandman reefs, northeast of 

 Sannak. Designated as Kekur (pillar) by Tebenkof, 1849; as Pinnacle 

 by Dall, 1880, and later called Pinnacle rock. 



Pinnade, rock; see Second Priest. 



Pinnacle; sunken rock, near Cape Fox, in Dixon entrance. Shown on British Admi- 

 ralty charts and in Tebenkof's atlas. Called Pinnacle rock on United 

 States Hydrograi)hic chart 225. Its existence is denied by local navi- 

 gators. 



Pinnacle; volcanic islet (930 feet high), south of St. Matthew island, Bering sea. 

 Descriptive name, given by Cook in 1778. Variously Pinekl, Penikl, 

 Pinacle, etc. Lutke calls it ile des tours {tnirers) or iles des fieches {ftpires) . 



Pinnacle Pass; cliff, forming the north wall of Pinnacle pass, St. Elias alps, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named Ijy Russell in 1890. 



Pinnacles. Between Unga island, Shumagin group, and AVosnesenski island, Teben- 

 kof shows some rocks called Kekuri ([)illars). These appear on Coa.st Sur- 

 vey chart 806 (1882), with the designation Pinnacles, but are not found 

 (in later charts. 



Pinoshuragin. Petrof, 1880, shows a native village of this name (population 29) on 

 the Seahorse islands. On British Admiralty chart 593 (ed. of 1882) it is 

 calletl Pingoshugarun. 



Pinta; head, on Baranof island, near Southern rapids, Peril strait, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Coghlan, in 1884, after the U. S. S. Pinta. 



Pinta; mountain (5,000 feet high), northeast of Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. 

 So named by Russell, in 1891, after the U. S. S. Pinla. 



Pinta; jteak, on the niauiland, near Farragut bay, southeastern Alaska. So named 

 by Thomas, in 1887, after the U. S. S. Pinta. 



Pinta; rocks, off Cape Bendel, Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. Named by 

 the Coast Survey, after the U. S. S. Pinta. 



Pinusuk; island (850 feet high), one of the Chiachi group, on southern shore of 

 Alaska peninsula. Native name, obtained by Dall m 1875. 



Pio; point, at head of Woewodski harbor, Frederick sound, Alexander an-hipelago. 

 So named by IMansfield in 1889. 



Piper; island, at entrance to Schulze cove, Fish bay. Peril strait, Alexan<ler archi- 

 pelago. So named by United States naval officers in 1880. Family name. 



Pujot, point; see Pigot. 



Pirate; cove, on the northeastern shore of Popof island, Shumagin group. Local 

 name, based on the reputation of the place. In use as early as 1880. 



Pirate; point, on the southeastern shore of Pearse island, Portland inlet. So named 

 by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Pirate; peak (3,289 feet high), on the mainland, near Thomas bay, southeastern 

 Alaska. So named bv Thomas, m 1887, after his steam launcli. 



