Ami— Ata. 



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Asiiilclink, point; see Roinanof. 



Askinak. The Kli'vt'iitli ConsuP, 1890, includes an Eskimo village called Askina- 

 ghaniint in the Kuskokwiiii district. Population 138. Not found on any 

 map and its location unknown. 



Askinuk; Eskimo village, on the southern shore of Hooper bay, Yukon delta. 

 Native name, from Nelson, who visited it December 14, 1878, and was 

 welcomed by its entire population of nearly 200 people. 



Askinuk; range of hilly or mountains, nearly 1,500 feet high, in the Yukon delta 

 along tlie northern bank of Askinuk river. So called by Nelson in 1878. 



Askinuk; river, in the Yukon delta, deboiiching into Hooper bay. Native name, 

 from Nelson, who crossed it December 15, 1878. 



Asko; Hskimo village, on the right bank of the Yukon, below Anvik. Native name, 

 from Nelson, 1878-79, who wrote it Askhomute, i. e., Asko people. 



Aslik; cape, the northern head of Inanudak bay, on the northern coast of Umnak, 

 eastern Aleutians. Native name, from Kuritzien, 1849. 



Aspid; bay, indenting the northern shore of Unalaska, immediately east of Cher- 

 nofski harbor. So called by Veniaminof, 1840. 



Aspid; cape, on the northern shore of Unalaska, between Chernofski harbor and 

 Aspid bay. Called Ammak by Sarichef, in 1792, which is Aleut for night. 

 Veniaminof calls it Aspid (slate) and"Says (1, 169): "It obtained the name 

 Aspid (slate) not from the presence of slate rock, but from a chief, who 

 formerly dwelt near by and was so called by the Russians." The Fish 

 Commission, in 1888, called it Nellie Juan, presumably after the schooner 

 Nellie Juan belongiug to Mr. Samuel Applegate. 



Aspid, islets; see Slate. 



Asses Ears; moimtain, south of Goodhope bay, Kotzebue sound, on Seward penin- 

 sula. So named by Kotzebue, in 1816, because "its summit is in the form 

 of two asses' ears." 



Asses Head; cape, on the northern coast of Unalaska, near Chernofski village. So 

 named in a pencil memorandum on Sarichef's chart of 1792. 



Asmmpdoii, port; see Asumcion. 



Assurance, bay; see Disenchantment. 



Astley, island; see Ansley. 



Astley; point, the southern point of entrance to Holkham bay, Stephens passage, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 



Aston; island, in Tlevak strait, Cordova bay, Dixon entrance. Named by Nichols 

 in 1881, after Chief Engineer Ralph Aston, U. S. N., a member of his 

 party. Has also been called Wright island by Sheldon Jackson. 



Astrolabe; point, on the mainland between Cross sound and Lituya bay. Named, 

 in 1S88, by Dall, after one of the French exploring ships under La Perouse. 



Astronomical; point, the eastern point of entrance to Halibut bay, Portland canal, 

 southeastern Alaska. So named by the Coast Survey. 



Asuksak; islet, southwest of Great Sitkin, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians.. 

 Aleut name from Tebenkof, 1849. Has also been written Agugsiak. Per- 

 haps it is from the Aleut word 'Asuk (kettle). 



Asumcion; port, in Bucareli bay. Named by Maurelle and Quadra, in 1775, Puerto 

 de nuestra Senora de la Asumcion. Published as Puerto de nostra Senora 

 de la Asumcion in La Perouse's voyage, 1797. Copied by the Russians 

 thus: " Nuesta Sensora de la Asimsion " harbor. Also written Port Asun- 

 cion and Port Assumption. 



At, island; see Attn. 



Atdhni, island; see Attn. 



Ataku; island, one of the Necker islands, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Apparently a native name; reported by Vasilief in 1809. Has been writ- 

 ten Atakou. 



