Information About

Holostiak-ralog

Quick Facts

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Location

56 ° 36' 5" N,
169 ° 34' 59.999" W

Region

Aleutians West (CA)

Nearest City

Unalaska

Elevation

52 ft (15.85 m)

Holostiak-ralog in Detail.

About

at W end of North Rookery, on N coast of Saint George I., in Pribilof Islands.

History

Russian-Aleut name reported by Putnam (1903, p. 1014), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), to mean "hglostiak (bachelor seal) rookery," because, according to native tradition, the area was formerly occupied only by bachelor seals.