BAKER.] 81 - Ata— Atu. 



Atayak; mountain, at the headwaters of the Kanektok river, western Alaska. 



Native name, oVjtained by Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, in 



September, 1898. More exactly perhaps it might be written Ah-tah-ai-ak. 

 Atcha, island; see Atka. 

 Atchaka, island; see Middleton. 

 Atchercdina, point; see Acheredin. 

 Atherton; mountain (1,700 feet high), on south shore of Wrangell island, Arctic 



ocean. So named by the British Admiralty in 1884. 

 Atka; island (4,988 feet high), one of the principal islands of the Andreanof group, 



middle Aleutians. Native name, from early Russian traders. Coxe calls it 



Atchu, and Cook, 1778, Atghka. Also written Atcha, Atchka, and Alcha. 

 Atkins; island (about 800 feet high), northeast of Little Koniuji island, Shumagin 



group. So named by Dall in 1872, after the fishing schooner Minnie G. 



Atkins. Erroneously Atkin. 

 Atkritoi, rock; see Discovery. 

 Atkritoi, rock; see Open. 

 Atkroi-glaza, rock; see Eye Opener. 

 Atkulik; island, near the entrance to Chignik bay, Alaska jieninsula. Native name, 



from the Russians. Erroneously Atkunk. 

 Atlin; lake and river, northeast from Lynn canal. This name has been adopted by 



the Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 

 Atmugiak; creek, tributary to Kagati lake, from the east, near source of Kanektok 



river. Native name, obtained by Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, 



who passed near it September 7, 1898. 

 Atna, river; see Copper. 

 Atnik; Eskimo village, on the Arctic coast at or near Point Belcher. Called Ataniek 



by Tikhmenief in 1861. The Eleventh Census map has Attanak and the 



text Atnik. Perhaps it is Pinoshuragin of Petrof, 1880, or Nunaria of Ray, 



1885. See also Sedaru. 

 Atuiliak. This is the native name of one of the smaller Shumagins, which one is 



not knowm. So given by Veniaminof and Lutke. Perhaps Aniliak and 



Animak are other forms of the same name. 

 Atnuk; river, and Eskimo village at its mouth, on the northern shore of Norton 



bay, Norton sound. Tebenkof, 1849, calls the river Atniek and Tikh- 

 menief, in 1861, calls the settlement Atniek-miut. Petrof, 1880, writes it 



Atnuk. Erroneously Annuk. 

 Atonisuk; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the north, about 50 miles above 



Rampart. Native name, from Raymond, 1869, who wrote it Atonisonik. 



Petrof, 1880, wrote it Ahtonisuk. This may be identical with Ray river 



of Allen, 1885, and of recent maps. See Ray. 

 Atrevida; glacier, near the head of Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. Named 



Atrevida (intrepid) by Russell, in 1890, after one of Malaspina's vessels. 

 Atroic, village; see Stebbins. 

 Attanak, village; see Atnik. 

 Atten; Eskimo village, near the headwaters of Buckland river. Its name is given 



by Dall, 1869, as Attenmut, i. e., Atten people. 

 Attu; island (3,084 feet high), the westernmost large island of the Aleutian chain of 



islands. Native name, from the early Russian explorers, which has been 



written At, Atako, Atakon, Ataka, Attak, Attou, Otma, etc. According 



to Petrof it is St. Theodore of Chirikof, in 1741, and according to Lutke, 



St. Abraham or St. Etienne of Bering, 1741. 

 Atushagvik; cape, in Shelikof strait, on the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, 



east of Katmai. Native name, from the Russians. Lutke, 1835, writes it 



Atouchagvik. 



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