BAKER.] 89 Bat— Baz. 



Batarcinoi, island; see Battery. 



Bates; pa.«?, over Valdes glacier. So named by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Bates; rapids, in middle jjart of the Tanana river, central Alaska. So named by 

 Allen, in 1885, after an Englishman of that name, who is reported to have 

 descended the Tanana. Also called Bates Rapid. 



Bath, harbor; see Baht. 



Battery; island, between Whiting harbor and the western anchorage of Sitka har- 

 bor, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Batareinoi (battery) by 

 Vasilief in 1809. It was once occupied by an earthwork, now obliterated. 



Battery; islets, in southern part of Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Lindenberg in 1838. They are the Clear islets of Meade in 1869. 



Battery; point, on Seduction tongue on west shore of Chilkoot inlet, Lynn canal, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey, in 1891, from its 

 resemblance to an earthwork fortification. According to the Krause 

 brothers its native name is Ketlrachtii. This point has been reserved for 

 light-house purposes by executive order dated January 4, 1901. 



Battery; point, the eastern head of Sarana bay on south shore of Akutan island, 

 Krenitzin group, eastern Aleutians. So named by Yeniaminof, about 1830, 

 who describes it as a perpendicular cliff of volcanic rock, and the southern- 

 most part of the island. Possibly identical with South Head of the Fish 

 Commission, in 1888, which is in turn identical with cape Kaianak of 

 Tebenkof, 1849. 



Batza; mountains, village and river of central Alaska, tributary to the Koyukuk, 

 from the north, near longitude 154°. The native name is Batzakakat, as 

 reported by Allen, in 1885, kal-Kf meaning river. See Kiikat. 



Batzakakat, river; see Alashuk. 



Batzulnetas; post, on north bank of the Copper river in latitude 62° 37^. Appar- 

 ently a native name. Published by the Coast Survey in 1898. Has also 

 been printed Batzulnatos. 



Batun; cape, near Belkofski, Alaska peninsula, west of the north end of Dolgoi 

 island. Named by the traders after one of the employes of the Alaska 

 Commercial Company. The name has also been applied to the north- 

 westernmost point of Dolgoi island. 



Bay; creek, tributary to Grantley harljor, from the north, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Bay; group of four wooded islets, in American bay, near Dixon entrance, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1881. 



Bay; island in Koyukuk river near longitude 157°. So named by Allen in 1885. 



Bay; islet on eastern shore of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 1868. 



Bay; point, the northwestern point (jf Unga island, Shumagiu group. Named Zaliva 

 (bay) by the Russians. Lutke, 1835, calls it Tonkoi (narrow) point. 



Bay; point, the western point of entrance to Farragut baj', Frederick sound, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named by Dall in 1879. 



Bay of Islands, Adak; see Islands, Bay of. 



Bay of Islands; see Salisbury sound. 



Bay of Pillars; see Pillars, Bay of. 



Bay of J^tarrigavan; see Old Harbor bay. 



Bay of W((terfalls; see Waterfalls, Bay of. 



Bay Point Knoll; mountain (2,108 feet high), on the mainland, near Bay point, 

 the western point of entrance to Farragut bay, southeastern Alaska. So 

 named by Thomas in 1887. 



Bayou; point, on the western shore of Wrangell strait, Alexander arc-hipelago. So 

 named by Meade in 1869. 



Bazan; point, the south point of entrance to Port Bazan, Prince of Wales archi- 

 pelago. So called by Tel^enkof, 1849. 



