Description
Point Petrof is located on NW tip of Sanak I., Aleutian Range
History
Russian name published by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), as "M(ys) Petrova" or "Petrof's Cape." According to U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), "The residents of Sanak call Point Petrof, McLoughlins Point * * * Many years ago a man by that name lived at Point Petrof.