I»«n — r«»r. 



326 [BULL. 187. 



Pond; cn-t'k, trilmtary to Imuriik hasiii, fn.iii tlic smith, Scwanl peninsula. Xainc 



fn.ni Barnanl, U)00. 

 Pond; rc.'f, in nortlicrn entrance to Tongass narrows, Alexander arfhipelajro. Name 



]ml)lishe(l in the Coast Pilot (1888, p. 81). 

 Pond; i<i('l< (awash at low water), in Howkan narrows, Cordova l)ay, Alexander 



archipelajro. Named by Nichols, in 1881, after Ensign C. F. Pond, 



V. S. N., a member of his party. 

 Ponte; point, on Woodehopper island, Kootznahoo inlet, Admiralty island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named by Meade, in 1869, after a ]\Ir. Ponte, an expei-t 



on coal, employed on board the U. 8. 8. Sarjmair. 

 Poll, monntain; see Toj). 

 Pop; point, at head of Thorne arm, Revillagige(ii> islaml, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by the Coast 8nrvey in 1891. 

 Poperechnoi; island, off the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, west of the 8hu- 



niagin group. Named Poperechnoi (crosswise) by the Russians. The 



Aleut name is Kuiagdak. Variously written Poperetchny, Popereshnoi, 



etc. 

 Poperechnoi, island; see Broad. 

 Poperechnoi, island; see Crosswise. 

 Poplar; jioint, at west end of San Juan Bautista island, Bucareli bay. Prince of 



Wales archipelago. Named Punta de los Alamos (point of the poplars) 



by ^lanrelle and Quadra in 177.5-1779. 

 Popof; l)ay, on the northeast coast of Kodiak, near St. Paul. Named Popofskaia by 



Murashef in 1839-40. Has also been called Popoff or Priest bay. Yasili 



(William) and Ivan (John) Popof were pioneer traders and fur hunters in 



Alaska in 1762-63. 

 Popof; cape, on the western shore of Popof bay, Kodiak island. Name<l Popofskie 



by Murashef in 1839-40. Popof is a Russian i)roper name. This may be 



identical with ]\Iiller (melnichnoi) cape of Tebenkof. 

 Popof; glacier, on north l)ank of the Stikine river, near its mouth. Called First or 



Little glacier by Hunter in 1877. Ajiparently named Popof by the Ryn<ht 



party in 1863. 

 Popof; island, in St. Paul harbor, Kodiak. So named by the Russians in 1808-1810. 

 Popof; island, one of the principal islands of the Shumagin group. Named Popov- 



skoi by the early Russians. Popof is a Russian proper name, often written 



Popoff. 

 PojKff, island; see Kutkan. 



Popof; reefs, in Popof strait, Shumagins. Named Popoff by Dall in 1872. 

 Popof; rock (42 feet high), near the northern shore of Popof island, Shumagins. 



Named Popcjff l^y Dall in 1872. 

 Popof; strait, separating Unga and Popof islands, Shumagin group. Surveyed and 



named by Dall in 1872. 

 Popof Head; point (500 feet high), the southern point of Popof island, Shumagins. 



Local name, published, in 1872, and perhaps derived from Vasili and Ivan 



Popof, traders and fur hunters here in 1762-63. 

 Porcupine; city, creek, and gold district, near Chilkat river, southeastern Alaska. 



Prospectors' name, reported by the Geological Survey in 1899. 

 Porcupine; creek, tributary to Middle fork of the Koyukuk, from the north, near 



longitude iriO° 30^ Prospectors' name, reported by Schrader in 1899. 

 Porcupine; creek, tributary to South fork of the Koyukuk river, from the north, 



near latitude 68°. Published by the Coast Survey in 1899. Perhaps this 



creek is identical with the previous one. 

 Porcupine; creek, tributary to Steamer bay, on Etolin island, Alexander archipelago. 



So named bv Snow in 1886. 



