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Suskaralogh Point

Suskaralogh Point

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  • Aleutians West (CA)
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on NW coast of St. George I., in Pribilof Islands.

History of Suskaralogh Point

Aleut name reported by W. W. Duffield, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), in 1897. Putnam (1903, p. 1015), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), gives the meaning as "place where they get whales *** so called because whales are said to have been cut up by the natives on the shore below this bluff, and carried away in bidarkas." Putnam presents the name as "Suskara'logh (Saskare'loj)."

Found on the following Topo Maps
Pribilof Islands (1958), Saint George Island West (2001),