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Puale Bay

Puale Bay

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on E coast of Alaska Peninsula, 37 mi. NW of Karluk; Aleutian Range

History of Puale Bay

name published by Captain Lutke (1836, p. 276), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "Pouale" and spelled without the "o" by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1943. was called "Bukh(t) Studenaya" meaning "Cold Bay" by the Russian Hydrographic Dept. in 1847 "on account of the strong cold winds drawing through a deep ravine from Becharof Lake."