Pribilof Islands

(prĭb`ĭlŏf'), group of four volcanic islands, off SW Alaska in the Bering Sea, c.230 mi (370 km) N of the Aleutian Islands; explored and named in 1786 by Gerasim Pribilof, a Russian navigator. The larger islands, St. Paul and St. George, are famous as the breeding place of the Alaska fur seal. The islands, part of the 1867 U.S. purchase of Alaska, became a seal reservation in 1868; they are administered by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Prior to 1911, competition and ruthless hunting methods threatened extinction of the seals. At that time, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia entered into the North Pacific Sealing Convention, giving the United States the right to enforce the provisions of the convention (see Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy under Bering SeaBering Sea,
c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait connects it with the Arctic Ocean.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Japan withdrew from the convention in 1941. Under protection, the seal herd has greatly increased. Blue and white foxes are native to the islands. The Aleuts, brought to the islands in the late 1700s by the Russians, make a living by processing the seal and fox furs.

Pribilof Islands

a group of islands in the Bering Sea that belongs to the state of Alaska. Area, approximately 200 sq km. Maximum elevation, 300 m. The islands are rocky and are covered with meadow-tundra vegetation; they are a breeding ground for fur seals. The island had a population of more than 600 persons in 1970. The fur trade is the main industry. The Pribilof Islands were discovered by G. L. Pribylov in 1788.

单词	pribilof islands
释义	Pribilof Islands Prib·i·lof Islands P0552100 (prĭb′ə-lôf′) A group of islands of southwest Alaska in the Bering Sea north of the Fox Islands. They are noted as a breeding ground for seals. Pribilof Islands (ˈprɪbɪləf) pl n (Placename) a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles). Also called: Fur Seal Islands Prib′i•lof Is′lands (ˈprɪb əˌlɔf, -ˌlɒf) n. a group of islands in the Bering Sea, SW of Alaska, and belonging to the U.S. Pribilof Islands Pribilof Islands (prĭb`ĭlŏf'), group of four volcanic islands, off SW Alaska in the Bering Sea, c.230 mi (370 km) N of the Aleutian Islands; explored and named in 1786 by Gerasim Pribilof, a Russian navigator. The larger islands, St. Paul and St. George, are famous as the breeding place of the Alaska fur seal. The islands, part of the 1867 U.S. purchase of Alaska, became a seal reservation in 1868; they are administered by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries. Prior to 1911, competition and ruthless hunting methods threatened extinction of the seals. At that time, the United States, Great Britain, Japan, and Russia entered into the North Pacific Sealing Convention, giving the United States the right to enforce the provisions of the convention (see Bering Sea Fur-Seal Controversy under Bering SeaBering Sea, c.878,000 sq mi (2,274,020 sq km), northward extension of the Pacific Ocean between Siberia and Alaska. It is screened from the Pacific proper by the Aleutian Islands. The Bering Strait connects it with the Arctic Ocean. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Japan withdrew from the convention in 1941. Under protection, the seal herd has greatly increased. Blue and white foxes are native to the islands. The Aleuts, brought to the islands in the late 1700s by the Russians, make a living by processing the seal and fox furs. Pribilof Islands a group of islands in the Bering Sea that belongs to the state of Alaska. Area, approximately 200 sq km. Maximum elevation, 300 m. The islands are rocky and are covered with meadow-tundra vegetation; they are a breeding ground for fur seals. The island had a population of more than 600 persons in 1970. The fur trade is the main industry. The Pribilof Islands were discovered by G. L. Pribylov in 1788.
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Pribilof Islands