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Proctor; i.slaiub, in Dixon entrance, near the southwestern siiore of Wales island. 

 (Originally they were included in the group called Boston islands. Named 

 l)y Nichols in 1891. 



Prokhodd, islands, etc. ; see Passage. ' 



Prolewy; point, the northwestern point of entrance to Wrangell strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. Named Prolewy (strait) by Lindenberg in 18:!.S. It is Pro- 

 liva point of Meade's sketch, 1869. 



Prolewy; rock, in Southern rapids, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. Prolewy 

 is the Russian word for strait. This name seems to have been first 

 applied by Coghlan in 1884. 



Prolewy; rock, off Prolewy point, Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 called by Coghlan in 1884. It is Middle rock of Meade in 1868. 



Promezlmtochvie, cape; see Between. 



Prominence; cape, on the southern shore of Unalaska, between Open and Usof 

 bays. So named by the Fish Commission in 1888. Its native name is 

 given by Tebenkof as Idaliuk. 



Promisla; bay, indenting the southern shore of Krestof island, Sitka sound, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named Promisla (business) by Vasilief in 1833. 

 Bozhie promisla means d'od's business;, which a Russian dictionary trans- 

 lates Prondence. Thus this bay has been called Providence. Kosirometinoff 

 translates this furx. 



Proniuutonj, cape; see Lutke. 



Promontory; cove, indenting the southern shore of Unimak island, eastern Aleu- 

 tians. So named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Prospect; creek, tributary to Snake river, from the east, in the Nome mining region, 

 Seward peninsula. Prospectors' name, published in 1900. 



Prospect; point, on the eastern shore of Port Snettisham, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Thomas in 1888. 



Protitssof. The Russian orthodox church at Morzhovoi is called Protassof in the 

 Tenth Census, 1880, and Eleventh Census, 1890. Petrof in the Tenth 

 Census called the town Protassof; accidentally Protasso on his map. 



Protection; bay, between Old harbor and Three Island bay, indenting the southern 

 shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. So named by the Fish Commission 

 in 188S. 



Protection; point, on the western shore of Nushagak bay or estuary. Named 

 Povorotnoi (turn) by Tebenkof, 1849. The coast line bends or turns at 

 this point. Renamed Protection by the Fish Commission in 1890. 



Protection; port, in the northwestern part of Prince of Wales island, opening into 

 Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver, who in 

 1793 here rode out a heavy gale, and, "grateful for such an asylum," 

 named it Port Protection. 



Prorodiiik, island; see Leader. 



Providence; cape, on the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, west of Kodiak. 

 Named Providenia (providence) l)y Vasilief in 1831. His skin boat 

 (bidarka) was wrecked here and he narrowly escaped drowning. The 

 Aleut name of the cape is Naluktchvak. 



Providence; cape, in the eastern part of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Not identi- 

 fied. So named by Cook in 1778 (II, 527); also so called by Saner on 

 Billings' track chart and also in Galiano's atlas 1802. 



Providence, bay; see Promisla. 



Providence; point, the northern point of entrance to Estrella bay, Bucareli bay. 

 Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Punta de la Providencia by Maurelle 

 and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



