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Prudhoe; l):iy, mi tin- Arctic coast, cast of the mouth of Colvillc river. 80 named 



hy Kraiikhii in lS2t). 

 Ptarmigan; creek. tril)iitary from the south to the Tsina or south fork of theTiekel 



river, al)OUt 2o miles east of Valdes. Name from Schrader, 1900. 

 Ptarmigan; small lake, near Kenai lake, Keriai peninsula. Name from Mendenhall, 



ISltS. 

 Ptarmigan; valley, and creek therein, tributary to the Kuskokwim, near its soun-e. 



So named hy Spurr and Post in 1898. 

 Ilirhi, islets; see Porpoise. 

 I*tichie, cai)e, island, etc.; see Bird. 

 riinh\ l)ay; see Cold. 

 Puffin; islet, near Chamisso island, Kotzebue sound, Arctic ocean. So named l)y 



Beechey in July, 1826. 

 Puffin; bay, indenting the southern end of Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Toporkof (puffin) 1)y the Russians. Has also been written Topor- 



koff and Toporkov. 

 Puffin; islet, near St. Paul, in Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named Toporkof (putlin) by 



Russian naval officers in 1808-1810. ^ 



Puffin; islet, near the southwestern end of Sitkalidak island, off southeastern shore 



of Kodiak. Named Toporkof (puffin) by Tebenkof, 1849. 

 Puffin; point, the south point of entrance to Puffin bay, Baranof island, Alexander 



archipelago. Named Toporkof (puffin) Ijy the Russians. 

 Puget; cajje, on the southeastern coast of Kenai peninsula. Named by Vancouver, 



in 1V94, after Lieut. Peter Puget, R. N., of his party. 

 Puget; cove, about 5 miles northeast of Port Mulgrave, Yakutat bay, southeastern 



Alaska. So named by Dall, in 1879, after Lieut. Peter Puget, R. N., one 



of the companions of Vancouver, who was in this vicinity in 1794. 

 Puguviliak; native village, near Southwest cape, St. Lawrence island, Bering sea. 



Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849. Erroneously Pugupiliak. 

 Puk or Pak. Eskimo for Mg; thus, Kwikpak, ri\-er big. 

 Pultant, island; see Poltava. 

 Pumicestone; bay, indenting the western shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. 



Named Mokrovskoi (wet) by Sarichef, in 1792, and since variously given 



as Morkovskoi, Moorovskoy, etc. In 1888 it was named Pumicestone 1)y 



the Fish Couuiiission. Its native name is given liy Veniaminof as 



Aliuksuk, perhaps from the Aleut word Aliuk, river otter. 

 Punch; hill (1,885 feet high), near south end of Gravina island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Punchbowl; cove, indenting the southern shore of Rudyerd bay, Behm canal, 



Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Punishment; point, near St. Ignace island, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archi- 

 pelago. Named Punta de Castigo (punishment point) by Maurelle and 



Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Punuk; islets, near the eastern end of St. Lawrence island, Bering sea. Eskimo 



name from Tebenkof. Erroneously Pinik. 

 Pup; island, off the entrance to Port Camden, Keku strait, Alexander archipelago. 



So named l)y Moore in 1892. 

 Puppets (The); two hills (1,987 feet high), at the southern end of Gravina island, 



Alexander archipelago. Pun(^h and Judy are near by. Named by 



Nichols in 1883. 

 Purple; mountain (2,447 feet high), near Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Pushki, island; see Cannon. 

 Pustiiu, island; see Empty. 



