Pribilof Islands

American  

[prib-uh-lawf, -lof] / ˈprɪb əˌlɔf, -ˌlɒf /

plural noun

1. a group of islands in the Bering Sea, SW of Alaska, and belonging to the U.S.: the breeding ground of fur seals.

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Pribilof Islands British  

/ ˈprɪbɪləf /

plural noun

1. Also called: Fur Seal Islands.  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)

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Example Sentences

“I work in the Pribilof Islands for an Aleut community of 450 people, which is heavily invested in the crab quota,” McCarty said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2022

This year, colder weather and northern winds have helped push the winter ice across a much broader expanse of the Bering Sea that included a dramatic, late-March surge south to the Pribilof Islands.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2022

The state’s position is unacceptable, says Karen Pletnikoff, community environmental and safety manager for the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association, which is dedicated to promoting the self-sufficiency and independence of the Unangax people.

From Scientific American • Jan. 24, 2022

In 1951, a group of Aleuts from the Pribilof Islands filed a lawsuit against the federal government for gross mistreatment between 1870 and 1946.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2014

The catch was limited to one hundred thousand a year; it was to include only male seals; and it was to be limited to the breeding grounds on the Pribilof Islands.

From The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power by Fish, Carl Russell