on E shore of Pavlof Bay, near SW end of Alaska Peninsula; Aleutian Range
this is a translation of the Russian word "selenie" meaning "village (or settlement)," shown by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24), and applied to a settlement about one mile NE of the point. This "village" reference suggested to Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), the name for the point of land in 1880. used by the fishermen.
Canoe Bay, Chinaman Lagoon, Coal Bay, Dry Lagoon, Jackson Harbor, Jackson Lagoon, Pavlof Bay,
Capes:Black Point, Cape Tolstoi, Seal Cape, Settlement Point,
Islands:Flat Island, Gull Island, Ivan Island, Lump Island, Round Island,
Mountains:Streams: