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Johnston; hill, near the mouth of Naknek river, Bristol bay. Named Johnston's by the Fish Commission in 1890.
Johnstone; passage, separating Khantaak island from the mainland, Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. Named by Dall, in 1879, after Master James John- stone, R. N., one of Vancouver's officers.
Johnstone; point, on the northern shore of Hinchinbrook island, Prince William sound. Named by Davidson, in 1868, presumably after Master James Johnstone, R. N. of Vancouver's party, in 1790-1795. Erroneously John- sons and Johnston.
John's Village. The Yukon map, sheet 10, published at Ottawa in 1898, gives this name to a village on the upper Yukon near the mining camp Eagle. It is Johnnie's village of Schwatka in 1883.
Jones; islands, on the Aretic coast, a little east of the Colville river. Discovered and named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, after "Rev. David T. Jones, the faithful and eloquent minister at Red River." Renamed Thetis by Stockton, who, in 1889, made a cruise along this coast in the U. S. ship Thetis.
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Jones, river; see Yahtse.
Jounakh, islet; see Unak.
Jude; island (100 feet high), west of Unga, Shumagin group. Named by the Rus- sians after the apostle.
Judy; hill (631 feet high), in the eastern part of Gravina island, Alexander archi- pelago. So named by Clover in 1885.
Jug; island, in Kalsin bay, Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named Kubieshka (jug) by Rus- sian naval officers in 1808-1810.
Jug; island, in the southern part of the Necker group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Kubieshka (jug) by Vasilief in 1809.
Jukchana, river; see Yukon.
Juna, river; see Yukon.
Junaska, island; see Yunaska.
Juneau; city, harbor, and island, southeastern Alaska. "Two prospectors, Harris and Juneau, found mineral here, in 1880, and soon afterwards a camp was located." This camp, it is said, was named Harrisburg and the district Juneau. United States naval officers reconnoitered the harbor about this time, and called the camp Rockwell, after Commander Charles H. Rock- well, U. S. N. Owing to the resulting confusion in names, the residents held a town meeting and adopted the name Junean. A post-office, called Juneau, was established here in April, 1881.
Juneau; creek, tributary to Kenai river, Kenai peninsula. Local name, published in 1899.
Junior; creek, tributary to Mills creek, from the east, Kenai peninsula. Local name, from Becker, 1895.
Juno; mountain, in the western part of Revillagigedo island, Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883.
Just; island, at entrance to Willard inlet, northeast of Dixon entrance. Name pub- lished by the Coast Survey in 1899.
Kaatl; river, tributary to the Chilkat river, froin the east. Native name, reported by United States naval officers in 1880.
Kabakof; bay, indenting the southern coast of Atka, middle Aleutians. So named by the Russian-American Company's pilot Ingenstrem, about 1830. Kabhalcher, cape; see Kaphalsek.
Kabuch; point, the south westernmost point of Alaska peninsula. Called Khaboutcha by Lutke, 1835, and Khabuch by Tebenkof, 1849. Apparently a native name. It is probably identical with Alaska cape of Billings, 1790.
Kachek, island; see Middleton.
Kachel, island; in Kaiuchali.
Kachemak; hay, indenting the eastern shore of Cook inlet. It is Chugachik or Kachekmak of the Russians. Tikhmenief has Kachetmakskaia. Gre- wingk has Kotschekmaksky, and it has been often written Kachekmak.
Kachiginskaia, bay; see Kashega.
Kachkahin, river; see Chilkoot.
Kach-khanna, island; see Wrangell.
Kadiak, bay; see Camp Coogan.
Kadin; island, on the southern edge of the Stikine flats, Summer strait, Alexander archipelago. Named by the Russian surveying party on the Rynda, in 1863, "after the veteran pilot, M. M. Kadin, a native of the Alentian islands, and who drew, at Sitka, the charts contained in Tebienkof's atlas." Kadugin, islands; see Pavlof.
Kadugnak, cape; see Kudugnak.
Kaflia; bay, near Kukak bay, on the north shore of Shelikof strait. Named Kaflia (Dutch tile) by Vasilief in 1831. Lutke, 1835, wrote it Kafla.
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Kagai; island, one of the Shumagin group, which one not determined. by Sarichef.
Was so called
Kuguk Unimak, islet; see Chernabura.
Kagalaska; island, immediately east of Adak island, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians, Lutke calls it Kagalaska, but Tebenkof and the Russian Hydrographic charts have Kagalaksa.
Kugalga, island; see Tigalda.
Kagalus; cape, the southeastern point of Chugul island, near Great Sitkin, Andre- anof group, middle Aleutians. Perhaps a native name; from Tebenkof, 1849. Has also been written Kagalis.
Kagamil; volcanic island, one of the group of islands of the Four Mountains. Native name, from Sarichef, about 1790. Has been variously written Chagamil, Khogamil, Kigamil, etc. Veniaminof calls it Kagamiliak. Several mummies in the Smithsonian Institution came from this island. Kagata, lake; see Amanka.
Kagigikak; cape, on the southern side of Adak island, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. Aleut name from Tebenkof, 1849. Has been written Kagi- gikhnach.
Kagigan, islands; see Shumagin.
Kaguyak; bay, indenting the southern shore of Kodiak, immediately west of Two Headed island. Called Alsentia bay by the Fish Commission in 1888. Kaguyak; village, at Kaguyak bay, on the southwestern shore of Kodiak. Native name, published by Petrof in the Tenth Census, 1880, where it is spelled Kagniak. It may be identical with the Kaniag-miut of the Russian- American Company, in 1849. In 1868, the Coast Survey published the name Alsentia for this village. Of the origin of this I find no trace. Kaguyak; village, on Svikshak bay, Shelikof strait, about 25 miles southwest of Cape Douglas. Lutke, 1835, says (nautical part, p. 275), "Kaiayak river and Kaiayakak village in Svikhchak golfe. The Russians wrongly call this village Naonchkak." The bay was called Noakchak on manuscript map of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, 1867. Tebenkof, 1849, has Kaiaiak settlement, which has on many charts appeared as Kayayak. Prior to 1884 the Coast Survey charts had Kayayak, but since that date Kagnyak. The change appears to have been accidental and unfortunate, there being a Kagnyak on the southwest shore of Kodiak island. In the Eleventh Census, 1890, the village is called Douglass, after Cape Douglas. Kagnyak seems to be the proper name for what is sometimes called Alsentia, on the south west shore of Kodiak.
Kahltog, village; see Kaltag.
Kah Shakes; cove, in Revillagigedo channel, near the southern point of entrance to Boca de Quadra, southeastern Alaska. · So named from Kah Shakes, the chief of an Indian village, sitnated at its northern point of entrance. Kah Shakes; Indian village " of half a dozen houses" on Kah Shakes cove, south- east Alaska. The Tenth Census, 1880, has two settlements on Etolin island, called Kash's village and Shake's village, population 49 and 38, respectively. Evidently there is some confusion as to names here.
Kahsitsnah; bay, indenting the southern shore of Kachemak bay, Cook inlet. Native name, published by the Coast Survey in 1883.
Kahurnor, cape; see Kekurnoi. Kamutak, village, see Kaguyak.
Ka ikak; native village, on right bank of the Yukon, a little below Nulato. So called by Petrof, in 1880, who reported a population of 124 at that date. Kuiokishrig-miut, village; see Otukah.
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Kai-Kak.
Kaialik; Eskimo village, in the Yukon delta northeast of Hazen bay. Visited by Nelson in December, 1878, who reports its name as Kaialigumiut, i. e., Kaialik people. Population in 1880, 100; in 1890, 157. The Eleventh Census calls it Kailwigamint (p. 164) and Kialigamiut, i. e., people of Kialit mountains (p. 110).
Kaianak; cape, the western head of Vulcan cove, on south shore of Akutan island, Krenitzin group, eastern Aleutians. So called by Tebenkof, 1849. The Fish Commission, in 1888, called this South Head. Possibly this point is the Battery point of Veniaminof. See Battery.
Kuiashik, island; see Round.
Kaiashik, islands; see Walrus.
Kaiasik; one of the Shumagins, not identified. Native name from Veniaminof, who says it is high and rocky. Lutke writes it Kassik.
Kaichali, island; see Kaiuchali.
Kai-gah-nee, strait; see Dixon entrance.
Kaigan; portage, between the heads of Cholmondeley sound, Moira sound, and Tliakaek bay, Prince of Wales island, Alexander archipelago. Called Kaigantsef on Russian Hydrographic chart 1493, and Kaigan by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 85). It is doubtful whether it exists as described. Kaigaui, cape; see Muzon.
Kaigani; harbors, South, Middle, and North, in Dall island, opening into Kaigani strait, near Dixon entrance, Alexander archipelago. So called by Etolin in 1833. Presumably a native name, often or generally written Kaigahnee. South Kaigani harbor was known, in 1799, as Taddiskey, a native name, or Taddy's cove, a corruption of the former.
Kaigani; point, the southern point of Long island, Cordova bay, Dixon entrance. Named Iuzhnoi (south) by Tebenkof, 1848. Has also been called Kaigan and Uzhnoi.
Kaigani; strait, the southern part of the strait between Long island and Dall island, Cordova bay, Dixon entrance. Native name, reported by Etolin, in 1833, as Kaigan. Variously called Kaigahnee, Kaigan, Kaijani, etc.
Kaigani; village of Haida Indians, at Cape Muzon, Dixon entrance, Alexander archipelago.
Kailwigamiut, village; see Kaialik.
Kaisana, island; see Kasiana.
Kaiuchali; island, one of the Necker group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Apparently a native name, from Vasilief in 1809. Has also been written Kaichali. Apparently a corruption of the Russian kachel, from kachat, to swing, rock, roll.
Kaiugnak; bay, west of Sitkalidak island, on the southern coast of Kodiak. So called by Tebenkof, 1849. Perhaps from the Aleut word kayuk, meaning berry.
Kaiulik, bay; see Kujulik.
Kaiyuh; mountains, in western Alaska, between the Innoko and Yukon rivers. Native name, from the name of a tribe of Indians living in the region.
Kaiyuh; river, tributary to the lower Yukon, from the east, about 60 miles below. Nulato. Called Kaiyuh on most maps. Tikhmenief, 1861, calls it Kutul- nakt. Dall, 1866, has Káiyuh, and Raymond, 1869, Kayuh for the mountains and Kaiyuh for the river.
Kai-yukh-pal-ik, island; see Kiukpalik.
Kak; islet, at entrance to Chignik bay, Alaska peninsula. The native name, accord- ing to Tebenkof, is Kak or Kakh, which has also been written Katch By the Coast Survey, in 1875, it was called Rocky island,
Kakagin, inlet, see Basket.
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Kakan; river, one of the five rivers in the delta of the Alsek river, southeastern Alaska. Called Kakangina or Kakanhini, meaning Kakan river, by Tebenkof in 1849. Native name.
Kakanhini, bay; see Dry.
Kakani; lake, immediately behind the beach in the St. Elias alpine region, between the Alsek delta and Yakutat bay. So called by Tebenkof in 1849. Appar- ently a native name. It is near Kakan river.
Kakat. This is an Indian word, used in northwest Alaska, meaning river and is appended to the name. Thus we have:
Allenkakat river = Allen (river) River.
Batzakakat river = Batza (river) River.
Daklikakat river = Dakli (river) River.
Dulbikakat river = Dulbi (river) River.
Gisasakakat river = Gisasa (river) River.
Hogatzakakat river = Hogatza (river) River.
Husliakakat river = Huslia (river) River.
Tozikakat river = Tozi (river) River, etc.
In such cases it has been thought best to drop the generic termination kakat and write Allen, Batza, Dakli, etc. This word kakat was written, in 1871, by Captain Raymond, U. S. A., on his maps of the Yukon, kargut and chargut, as Atutsakulakuschchargut, Tosekargut, etc.
Kakati; lake, on north bank of the Stikine river, opposite mouth of Katete river, southeastern Alaska. Native name, reported by Hunter, in 1877, as Kahkahtoi.
Kakatkusik, cape; see Sarichef.
Kake, strait; see Keku.
Kake; village, in the northwestern part of Kupreanof island, Alexander archipelago. It is the principal village of the so-called Kake Indians. Keku (islands and strait) is apparently only another form of this same name. Meade, 1869, says the Indians here are called the Kakes, Kekis, or Kehons, the terms being indifferently applied.
Kakhralga, island; see Kavalga.
Kakhregina, stream; see Kakvi.
Kakidaguk; cape, the western point of entrance to Morzhovi bay, near west end of Alaska peninsula. According to Lutke it was called Kakhidagouk by Kudiakof in or about 1791. Obviously this is the native name. Kakka, village; see Makak.
Kakliaklia; native village, on right bank of the Koyukuk, at mouth of the Suklo- seanti river. Name from Tikhmenief, 1861, who wrote it Kakliaklia- kakat, i. e., Kakliaklia river. Not found on recent maps.
Kaknu, lake; see Skilak.
Kaknu; river, on Kenai peninsula, tributary to Cook inlet. Native name, from the Russians; apparently first used by Wosnesenski about 1840. Grewingk has called it Nik river, an abbreviation of Nikolas.
Kakoykakat, creek; see Medicine.
, Kakovo; islet, in Whale bay, Baranof bay, Alexander archipelago. So named by the Russians as early as 1850.
Kakuak; Eskimo village, on right bank of the Nushagak river, about 60 miles above its mouth. Native name, from Petrof, 1880. On recent maps written Kakwok.
Kakul; narrows, the contracted part of Peril strait near its western end. So named by Moore in 1897.
Kakul; point, between Fish bay and Neva strait, in eastern part of Salisbury sound, Alexander archipelago. So called by the Russians. Perhaps derived from Kekur. See Kekur.
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Kak-Kal.
Kakvi; glacial stream, in the Fairweather range, debouching a few miles north of Lituya bay. Tebenkof on his Chart VII. 1849, calls this Kakhvegina, and on his Chart VIII, 1849, Katagina. The word is apparently of Indian origin, the termination gina or hini meaning river.
Kakwan; point, on the northern bank of the Stikine river, near Popof glacier. Native name, from Hunter, 1877.
Kukırok; see Kakuak.
Kalabri, islet; see Kalibri.
Kalchagamut, village; see Kaltshak.
Kalekta: bay, indenting the eastern shore of Unalaska, between Beaver and Cap- tains bays. Aleut name, from Sarichef, 1790. Also has been written Kalekhta, Kalekhtak, and Kaleakhta.
Kalekta; cape or promontory, on the eastern shore of Unalaska, between Captains and Kalekta bays. Aleut name, from Sarichef, 1790. Veniaminof also calls it Kalekta, but Lutke says the natives call it Igognak. The Fish Commission has called it Priest point.
Kulekta. Native village on Kalekta bay, Unalaska; was found by Sarichef, in 1790, and shown on his chart. Veniaminof describes it (about 1825) as com- posed of 3 huts (yourts) and 14 people. Not now in existence.
Kalga, cape; see South.
Kalgin; island, near the head of Cook inlet. Apparently a native name, reported by Wosnesenski about 1840. In Galiano's atlas, 1802, it is called Isla del Peligro (danger island). On a Russian map of 1802 it is called Kulgiak. Kalialiaktna, river; see Sukosleantı.
Kalibri; islet, at junction of Sukoi strait and Krestof sound, Alexander archipelago. So called by Vasilief in 1833. Apparently identical with Goloi (bare) island of Vasilief in 1809. Also written Kalabri.
Kalidge, point; see Collie.
Kaligagan; islet, one of the Krenitzin group between Tigalda and Ugamak, eastern Aleutians. Native name, from Tebenkof. The Fish Commission, in 1888, called it Sealion.
Kalignak; native village, on one of the western tributaries of the Nushagak river. Eskimo name, from Petrof, 1880.
Kalinin; bay, indenting the northern shore of Kruzof island, Salisbury sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Kalinina (Kalinin's) by Vasilief, in 1833, doubtless after Kalinin, pilot of the Russian ship Nera, who, with 34 others, was drowned January 9, 1813, near Mount Edgecumbe in the wreck of the Vera.
Kaliukluk; Eskimo village, on Nelson island, near Cape Vancouver, Bering sea. Visited by Nelson in December, 1878, and its name reported by him as Kaliokhlogamute, i. e., Kaliukluk people.
Kalivinaguk; channel, connecting Baird inlet with Etolin strait and separating Nelson island from the mainland, Bering sea. Eskimo name, from Nel- son, who crossed it in December, 1878.
Kalsin; bay, in the southwestern part of Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named Kalsin- skaia by Russian naval officers, 1808-1810.
Kalsin; island, in Kalsin bay, Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named Kalsinskoi by Russian naval officers, 1808-1810.
Kalsin; reef, in Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named by Russian naval officers in 1808- 1810. It is Kalisin of the Coast Survey in 1869.
Kaltag; native village, on left bank of the Yukon, near eastern end of the trail from Unalaklik to the Yukon. Called Kaltág by the Russians. Petrof, 1880, shows two villages on the right bank, called Lower Kaltag and Upper Kaltag. Tikhmenief, 1861, writes it Kkhaltel and Raymond, 1869, Kahltog.
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Kaltag; range of mountains, on the northern bank of the Yukon, between Nulato and the coast. So called by Petrof in 1880.
Kalthugamute, village: see Kaltshak.
Kaltshak; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Kuskokwim, near longitude 161º. Eskimo name, reported by Petrof, in 1880, as Kalthagamute and Kaltkha- gamute, and by Spurr and Post as Kaltshagamut, i. e., Kaltshak people. Kaluiak; native village, on the southern shore of Chignik bay, Alaska peninsula. So given by Petrof, in 1880, and the Fish Commission in 1888. The census of 1890 reports the only village existing in this locality to be one on Mit- rofania island. No name is applied to it.
Kamachi; point, the northern point of entrance to Wrangell harbor, Alexander archipelago. Apparently a native name, reported by Zarembo in 1834. It appears on Zarembo's sketch on Russian Hydrographic chart No. 1396. Has also been called point Hafnache.
Kamchatka, Sea of; see Bering.
Kame; glacial stream, debouching on the north western shore of Yakutat bay, sonth- eastern Alaska. So named by Russell in 1891.
Kamegli; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Kuskokwim river, about 10 miles above Bethel. Its native name, according to Spurr and Post, who obtained it from missionary J. H. Kilbuck, in 1898, is Kameglimut, i. e., Kamegli people.
Kamenaia; peak, north of Silver bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Named Kamennaia (rocky) by the Russians.
Kamenistaia, bay; see Necker.
Kamenistie. This is the Russian adjective for stony, covered with stones, from kamen, a stone or rock. This word, spelled Kamminista and Kamninista, is applied to a spot on St. Paul island, Pribilof group, Bering sea. Elliott, 1874, has Kamminista, Russian for rocky place.
Kamenistie, islets; see Rocky.
Kamenistie, point; see Rock.
Kamenoi; island, south of Middle island, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Kamennoi (stony) by Vasilief in 1809.
Kamenoi; point, on the eastern shore of Kruzof island, in the northernmost part of Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Kamennoi (rocky) by Vasi- lief in 1809. Variously written Kamenni, Kamennie, Kamennoi, Kame- noi, Rock and Rocky.
Kamieshatskoi, cape; see Douglas.
Kamishak; bay, in the southwestern part of Cook inlet. Native name, reported by the early Russians and variously spelled Kamiskuk, Kamieshatskaia, Kamiischatskaja, Kamyehatskoi, etc.
Kamisnak; river, tributary to Kamishak bay, Cook inlet. Native name, reported by the early Russians.
Kamminista; see Kamenistie.
Kanaga; island (1,392 feet high), one of the principal islands of the Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. Aleut name, from early Russian explorers. Probably identical with Kanaton island of Cook. Has also been written Konega and Konniaga.
Kanagunut; island, near Tongass harbor, Dixon entrance, Alexander archipelago. Native name, from Davidson, 1869, who wrote it Kan-na-ghu-nut. Also erroneously Kannagkhunut.
Kanak; island, in Controller bay, east of the mouth of Copper river. Native name, published by Tebenkof in 1849.
Kanakanak; Eskimo village, in the Nushagak enumeration district of the Eleventh Census, 1890; population, 53. Location not given nor discovered.
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Kanalku; bay, in Kootznahoo inlet, Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. Native name, given by the Coast Survey, in 1891, as Kanalkoo.
Kanata; river, the north fork of the Tiekel, northeast of Port Valdes, Prince William sound. Native name, from Rohn, 1898.
Kanatak, bay; see Portage.
Kanatak; eape, between Portage bay and Cold bay, on the northern shore of Shelikof strait. Aleut name, from the Russians, supposed to mean snowy. Has been written Kanalak and Kanatah.
Kunaton, island; see Kanaga.
Kanauguk; river, near York, in western part of Seward peninsula. Native name, from Brooks, 1900, who wrote it Kanangok.
Kane; islands, in the northern part of Neva strait, Alexander archipelago. Named, apparently by the Russians, after Captain Kane, an American pioneer trader on this coast at the beginning of the 19th century. Have also been called Kan islets.
Kane; peak (3,292 feet high), on Lindenberg peninsula, Kupreanof island, Alex- ander archipelago. Named by Thomas, in 1887, presumably after the arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane.
Kanektok; river, just south of the Kuskokwim river and tributary to Kuskokwim bay. According to Spurr, who uses Kanektok, its Eskimo name is Kwina or Kanektok (snowy).
Kanewok, district; see York.
Kanga; bay, indenting the southeastern shore of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Name applied by Dall in the Coast Pilot, 1883.
Kanga; islet, in the southeastern part of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. So named by Vasilief in 1809. It is an Asiatic name of the Mongolian gun.
Kunguiulouk, island; see Spectacle.
Kungusuk, river; see Kvinguk.
Kuniat, bay; see Alitak.
Kuniek, river; see Buckland.
Kaniek; small stream, tributary, from the west, to Kulukak bay, on north shore of Bristol bay. Native name, from Tebenkof, 1849.
Kanig-miut, village; see Kaguyak.
Kanikluk; native village, on the northern shore of Prince William sound. Native name, reported by Petrof, in 1880, as Kanikhluk.
Kuniliak; island, one of the Shumagin group; which one is not discovered. Name from Veniaminof and Lutke, who write it Khainiliakh.
Kamiugi, island; see Koniuji.
Kunoozhki, island; see Koniuji.
Kunowock or York, mining district; see York.
Kantukan; village of Hooniah Indians, Hooniah harbor, Port Frederick, Iey strait, Alexander archipelago. Name from the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 191), where it is written Kan-tu-kan. The post-office Hoonah has been established here recently.
Kanuktik; creek, tributary to the Kanektok river, from the southeast, about 60 miles above the mouth of the Kanektok, western Alaska. Native name, from Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, who passed its month Sep- tember 4, 1898.
Kanulik; Eskimo village, near the mouth of the Nushagak river, on left bank. Native name, from Petrof, 1880.
Kanuti; village, and also a river tributary to the Koyukuk, from the south, near Arctic city. Native name, reported by Allen, in 1885, and by him written Konoótená, i. e., Kanuti river. This is, apparently, Old Man river of the prospectors.
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Kaonakhla, island; see Kanatka.
Kaphalsek; cape, in Wrangell harbor, Alexander archipelago. Native name, reported by Zarembo, in 1834, as Kap-khal-tsech. The name was pub- lished, in 1848, on Zarembo's sketch of the harbor on Russian Hydrographic chart No. 1396. On United States Hydrographic chart No. 225 this point is called Kabhalcher.
Kapho; mountain (5,000 to 6,000 feet high), on the mainland, near head of Brad- field canal, southeastern Alaska. Apparently a native name, obtained by Snow, in 1886, and said to mean brothers.
Kurublin, islet; see Ship.
Karlooch, village; see Karluk.
Karluk; cape, at mouth of the Karluk river, on the northwestern shore of Kodiak. Native name, from the Russians. It is a precipitous mountain mass about 1,600 feet high, locally known as Karluk Head.
Karluk; lake, drained by the Karlnk river, in the western part of Kodiak. Native name.
Karluk; reef, on the eastern shore of Cook inlet, between Kaknu and Kasilof river mouths. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1900.
Karluk; river, draining from Karluk lake, in the western part of Kodiak. Native name.
Karluk, strait; see Kupreanof.
Karluk; village, at month of Karluk river, Kodiak. Native name, from the Russians. Lisianski, 1805, spells it Carlook and Karlooch. Shelikof, according to Coxe, called it Karluta. There are several canneries here, and the place is locally known as Karluk spit. A post-office called Karluk was estab- lished here in March, 1895.
Karlusi; rock, the largest of the Old Sitka rocks, Sitka sound, Alexander archipel- ago. So named by Vasilief in 1809.
Karpa; island, the northeasternmost of the Shumagin group and at or near the entrance to Stepovak bay. Called Buldýr (hovel) by the Russians. The Aleut name is Inlíkak, or, as Lutke writes it, Inglikhakh. Russian Hydrographic chart 1379 (ed. of 1847) calls it Karpa (carp) island, while Tebenkof, 1849, calls it Tangimak. Tangik is the Aleut word for island and Tangidak for islet. Thus this island has been called Boulder, Bouldyr (horel), Inglikhakh, Inlíkak (perhaps from Ingliakun, whiskers), Karpa (carp) and Tangimak (islet?).
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