Alaska Gazetteer
Pumicestone Bay is a physical feature (bay) in Aleutians West (CA) Borough.
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| Feature Name: | Pumicestone Bay |
| Category: | Alaska physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Bay |
| Description: | SW coast of Unalaska I., Aleutian Islands. |
| History: | "Named by U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) in 1888. This name was published as ""Zaliv Mokrovskoy,"" meaning ""Wet Bay,"" by Lieutenant Sarichev (1826, map 14 dated 1792), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). It also called ""Alyukso"" in 1802 by Sarichev (v. 2, p. 140). The Aleut name reported by Father Veniaminov (1840, v. 1, p. 165) is ""Alyukhsyuk,"" possibly from the word ""Aluik,"" meaning ""viver otter.""" |
| Borough: | Aleutians West (CA) Borough |
| Latitude: | 53.5252761841 |
| Longitude: | -167.120559692 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Pumicestone Bay: Pumicestone Bay.
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