Pavlof Islands

The Pavlof Islands (Qudugin [Bergsland, K "Aleut Dictionary" Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center, 1994] in Aleut) are a group of seven islands that lie south of Pavlof Bay on the Alaska Peninsula of Alaska, USA. They are part of the Aleutians East Borough of Alaska. The islands include Dolgoi (Anganax̂six̂), Goloi (Atx̂uunux̂), Inner Iliasik (Iluuĝix̂ Ixsaĝdaaĝux̂), Outer Iliasik (Qagaaĝix̂ Ixsaĝdaaĝux̂), Poperechnoi (Kuyagdax̂), Ukolnoi (Kitaĝutax̂̂), and Wosnesenski (Unatxux̂). Dolgoi Island is the largest of these in area. They have a total land area of 206.265 km² (79.639 sq mi) and are uninhabited. [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-CONTEXT=dt&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-tree_id=4001&-transpose=N&-redoLog=false&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=100$10000US020130001002040&-geo_id=100$10000US020130001002041&-search_results=01000US&-_showChild=Y&-format=&-_lang=en&-show_geoid=Y Pavlof Islands: Blocks 2040 and 2041, Census Tract 1, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska] United States Census Bureau]

An increase in earthquake activity was noted at Pavlof on June 1, 1997. Two days later the National Weather Service in Cold Bay reported a steam plume rising 3,000 feet (1,000 m) above Pavlof's summit. The Alaska Volcano Observatory monitors the volcano and expects renewed activity. Pavlof last erupted from September to December 1996. This update is based on information posted by the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Volcano Observatory on Volcan ListServ on June 3, 1997. [ [http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/pavlof/pavlof.html Pavlof, Alaska ] ]

1838 A.F. Kashevarov, a Creole commanding Russian-American Company merchant vessels, leads a party traveling in skin boats from Cape Lisburne to a point 30 miles east of Point Barrow. He records information about the Inuit people. [See Year 1838 under Section: 1741 to 1867 on the WebPage: http://vilda.alaska.edu/site-templates/timeline.html]

The English name for the island is named after Pitka Pavalof a Creole of Russian-Native.In 1893,Pitka Pavalof and Sergei Gologoff Cherosky, Creoles of Russian-Native descent, find gold on Birch Creek in Interior Alaska. Learning of the discovery, prospectors jump their claims and argue the claims are invalid because the men are Natives. The discovery attracts more non-Natives to the Yukon River and the town of Circle is founded. [See Year 1893 under Section: 1867 to 1896 on the WebPage: http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/timeline.pdf]

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