baker] 325 Pog— Pon. 



PogTomni; native village, 7 or 8 miles northeast from Cape Sarichef, on the northern 

 shore of Unimak island, eastern Aleutians. So called by Lutke, 1828. It 

 is near Pogromni volcano. 



PogTomni; volcano (5,525 feet high), in the western part of Unimak island, eastern 

 Aleutians. Named Pogromnoi (destroying, desolation) l)y Sarichef in 

 1790. Variously spelled Pogromnia, Pogrumnoj, Pogromskaia, etc. Also 

 called Isanotskoi or Devastation. The native name, according to ( Jrewingk, 

 is Kngidach-Jagutscha. 



Point Barrie; village and salmon salting station, on the southernmost point of 

 Kupreanof island, Alexander archipelago. Local designation. Name 

 published in the Eleventh Census, 1890. 



point Ellin; village and cannery, "at the head of a bay opening into Chatham 

 strait, about 3 miles from the south point of Kuiu island." The cannery 

 was brought "from Freshwater bay, on Baranof island," and established 

 here in 1890. See Ellis. 



J'oint Retreat; peninsula. The northern part of Admiralty island was so designated 

 on Coast Survey chart 728, published in 1885, but has not since been used. 



Pointer; peak, on Lindenberg i)eninsula, Kupreanof island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Thomas in 1887. Perhaps it is a pointer for the northern 

 entrance to Wrangell strait. 



Poison; cove, in Chichagof island. Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Meade, in 1869, in commemoration of the death of 150 Aleuts, some- 

 where in the vicinity, in 1799, from eating poisonous mussels. 



PoiaiDi; rocks, opposite Povorotni point, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 called by Dall in the Coast Pilot, who says that these "are the rocks from 

 which Baranof's Aleuts, in 1799, picked the poisonous nuissels which 

 caused the death of over 100 persons." 



Pok; native village, on the right bank of the Koyukuk river, near its mouth. 

 Native name from Tikhmenief, 1861, who wrote it Pokkakat, i. e., Pok 

 river. Not found on recent maps. 



Pokolitaid, harbor; see Quiet. 



Polar, sea; see Arctic ocean. 



Pole; cape, on the western end of Kosciusko island, Sumner strait, .\lexander archi- 

 pelago. Named t)y Vancouver, in 1793, after Captain Pole, R. X. 



Polivnoi; rock, near the southern entrance to Umnak pass, eastern .\leutians. 

 Kuritzien, 1849, designates it as a rock awash (kamen polivnie) . 



Polivnoi, rock; see Midway. 



Polivnoi; rocks, in Woewodski harbor, Frederick sound, Alexandi-r archipelago. 

 Named Polivnoi kamen ( washed-over rock) by Zaremlto in 1S3S. 



Polivnoi, rocks; see Surf. 



Polnoi; islet, in Krestof sound, north of Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Polnoi ( full) by Vasilief in 1833. Renamed Brady, by Moore, in 1897. 



Polovina; hill (470 feet high), on the eastern side of St. Paul island, Pribilof group, 

 Bering sea. It is near Halfway (polovinnoi) point. Local name. Writ- 

 ten Polavina, Poluvina, etc. 



Poloinnnoi, point; see Halfway. 



Poltava; island, in or near Port Wrangell, Alaska peninsula. So named 1)\- \'asi- 

 lief in 1832. Usually written Pultava. 



Polwhnnir, point; see Noon. 



Pond; bay, in Dall island, Kaigani strait, Alexander archipelago. So named l)y 

 Dall in 1882. It is Sinclair cove of Sheldon Jackson in 1880. 



Pond; l)ay, indenting the northern shore of Duke island, Gravina group, Alexan- 

 der archipelago. Named by Nichols, in 1883, presumably after Ensign 

 Charles Fremont Pond, U. S. N., a member of his party. 



