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Pirie; iM.iMl, on ihi' castcrii shore of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 1868. 

 Pisa Tower; rmk, near the entrance to Chichagof harbor, Attn island, western 



.Mi'utians. So named by Ciil)son in July, 1855. 

 Piskuk; mountain peak, near the head of Togiak river, western Alaska. Eskimo 



name, obtained l)y Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, who passed 



near it September 13, 1898. They write it Piskuk. 

 Pitak; island, one of the Necker grouj), Sitka sound, Alexander archii)elago. So 



called by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Pitmegea; river, tributary to the Arctic ocean, near Cape Sabine. Eskimo name, 



pul dished in 1890. Has been written Petmegea and Pitmigea. 

 J'iOtti, mountain; see Malaspina. 

 Pitt, cape; see Muzon. 

 Pitt; island, in Ilooniah harbor. Port Frederick, Icy strait, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by United States naval officers in 1880. In Hydrographic 



Office Notice to Mariners No. 97 of 1880 it is called Harbor island. 

 /'///, island; see Kruzof. 

 Pitt; point, the eastern point of entrance to Smith bay, east of P(jint Karrow, Arctic 



coast. So named by Dease and Simpson in 1837. 

 Plain; mountain (2,035 feet high), in California ridge, Gravina island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 rialtc, islet; see Flat. 

 J'larczJtnoi, lake; see Tazlina. 



Pleasant; island, in Icy strait, southeastern Alaska. So named by Dall in 1879. 

 Pleasant Camp; locality, on the Dalton trail, in Porcupine gold district, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Local name, from Brooks, 1900. 

 Pteveznie, lake; see Tazlina. 

 Plies, Islas des; see Sannak. 

 Plishnie, islands; see Near. 

 Plover; point, the western point of entrance to Port Moore, in Prison bay, Arctic 



coast, just east of Point Barrow. So named by the British Admiralty in 



1854, after H. M. S. Plorer. 

 Plover; sui)posed island, in the Arctic ocean, near Herald island. Reported and 



named ])y Kellett, in 1849, after H. B, M. ship Plover. Perhaps some part 



of Wrangell island was seen by Kellett and given this name. The island 



does not exist and does not a2)pear on modern maps. See Wrangell. 

 Poa; islet, between Akun and Avatanak islands, eastern Aleutians. Tebenkof, in 



1849, calls it Tumannoi (foggy). Called Poa by the Fish Commission in 



1888. Poa is the name of a genus of grasses. 

 Pocket; island, at the northern end of Dry strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by Thomas in 1887. 

 Podsopochni; cape, on the northern shore of Atka island, near Kovumf bay. It 



is near a volcanic i)eak (sopka), and was therefore designated by Lutke, 



about 1830, Podsopochni {under the jtcak) cape. 

 J''i'/(tl:hliil:, lake; see Amanka. 

 Pogibshi; point, on the northern shoie of P>aranof island, Peril strait, Ak-xandcr 



archipelago. Named Pogibshi (perilous or dangerous) by Vasilief in 1833. 

 J'o(/lhshii', strait; see Peril. 

 Pogoreshapka; p:skimo village, on the right bank of the lower Yukon, about 20 



miles below Koserefski. Name from Petrof, 1880, who gives its ]i(jpula- 



tion as 121. Near it is Dagorashapka mountain of Raymond. Pogo- 



reshapka ajjpears to be Russian for hurnt liat. 

 Pogoreshitjtbt, mountain; see Dagorashapka. 

 Pof/romnol, cape; see Sarichef. 

 Pogromnoi, cape; see Shishkof. 



