Ban— Bar. 



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liiiiidii; bay; sco Banner. 



Bangor; rri't'k, tril)utaiy to Snake river, from the west, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, WOO. 

 Banks; iKiint, the nortli point of Shuyak island, Kodiak group. So named by Cook 



in 1778. Also erroneously Benkes. 

 Banks; port, an arm of Wliale bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Called 



Tort Banks by Dixon in June, 1787, "in honour of Sir Joseph Banks." 



It is Zakritoi (closed) bay of Tebenkof and others. 

 Banks, ])ort; see AVhalc bay. 

 Banner; bay, indenting tlie northern shore of Atka, middle Aleutians. Named by 



Lutke, about 1830, after the Dane Ivan Ivanovich Banner, long the Russian 



American Company's agent at Kodiak. Variously written Baner, Bander, 



etc. Perhaps this bay is identical with Glubokoi (deep) of some 



charts. 

 Banner; creek, tributary to Nome river from the west, in the Nome mining region, 



Seward peninsula. Prospectors' name, published by the Coast Survey 



in 1900. 

 Baptist, bay; see St. John Baptist and San Juan Bautista. 

 Bar; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the west, in the Nome mining region, 



Seward peninsula. Prospectors' name, published by the Coast Survey in 



1900. Has also been jirinted Barr. 

 Bar; point, on Revillagigedo island, Tongass narrows, Alexander archipelago. So 



called by Capt. W. E. George, a pilot in southeastern Alaska. 

 Baralof; bay, on the eastern coast of Unga island, Shumagin group. Called by 



Veniamino'', Yavilofskaia, and by Dall, in 1872, New harbor. Later it 



was called Baraloff bay and Barloff harbor. Apparently a corruption of 



Yavilof. 

 Baraiii, island; see Sheep. 

 Baranof; large island, in Alexander archipelago. Variously written Baronoff, 



Baranov, Baranow, etc. Also called Sitka island. Named by Lisianski, 



in 1805, after Alexander Andreievich Baranof, then Governor of the Rus- 

 sian American colonies. It, with the adjacent islands, has been called 



the Baranof archipelago. 

 Baranof Packing Company; cannery, on Redfish bay, Baranof island, Alexander 



archipelago. 

 Baranovich.; lishing station, at the head of Kasaan bay, Prince of Wales archipelago, 



established by Philip Baranovich in or about 1878. Variously written 



Baronovitch, Baronovich, etc. See Karta. 

 Baranovich' s l)ay; see Karta. 

 BanuKrin, island; see Baranof. 



Barber; point, near Nuchek, Prince William sound. So named by Portlock in 1787. 

 Barca; point, on the western shore of Port Refugio, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales 



archipelago. Named Punta de la Barca (boat point) by Maurelle and 



Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Barclay; valley, on the eastern shore of Portland canal, back of Belle bay. So 



named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Bare; islet, near edge of flat in Port Krestof, Kruzof island, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Goloi (bare) by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Bare; island, in Kupreanof strait, Kodiak group. Named Goloi (bare) by Murashef 



in 1839-1840. 

 Bare; islet, in Furtter bay, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by 



Mansfield in 1890. 

 Bare; islet, in Mitchell bay, Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Meade in 1869. 



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