Bel— Ber. 



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Belt; creek, tributary to the Kuzitrin liver, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Brooks, 1900. 



Beluga; mountain (3,500 feet high), near the head of Cook inlet. So named by the 

 (■Jeolou'ical Survey in 1898. 



Beluga; river, tril)utary to Cook inlet, from the north, near longitude 151°. Appar- 

 ently a prospectors' name, given in 1896, and published in 1899. 



Ben- lake on Kenai peninsula tril)utary to Kaknu lake. May be identical with 

 Second lake or Skilak lake. So called on Russian Hydrographic chart 

 1378, edition of 1847. 



Bence; mountain (4,800 feet high), near the head of Klutina lake. So named by 

 Abercrombie in 1898, after Private Bence, of his party. 



Bench; creek, tributary to headwaters of Sixmile creek, Kenai peninsula. Pros- 

 pectors' name, from Mendenhall, 1898. 



Bend; mountain (5,000 feet high), on the east bank of Chandlar river, near latitude 

 68°. Descriptive name given by Schrader in 1899. There is a large bend 

 in the river near this mountain. 



Bendel; cape, the northwest point of Kupreanof island, Frederick sound, Alexan- 

 der archipelago. So named by Dall, in 1877, after Mr. Bernhard Bendel, 

 formerly of Bremen, an Alaskan pioneer, to whom the early Coast Survey 

 parties were indebted for valuable information and generous hospitality. 



Bendel; island, between Big Koniuji and Nagai islands, Shumagin group. So 

 named by Dall, after Bernhard Bendel, a trader in Alaska in 1871-72. 

 Has also been called Morse island. 



Bendeleben; mountain, north of Golofhin bay, Norton sound. Named in 1866, 

 after Baron Otto von Bendeleben, who made explorations in this vicinity 

 while a member of the Western Union Telegraph Exploring Expedition. 

 Erroneously Berdeleben. 



Benham; point, the eastern point of entrance to Rodman bay. Peril strait, Alexan- 

 der archipelago. Named by Moore, in 1895, after Ensign Henry Kennedy 

 Benham, U. S. N., a member of his party. 



Benjamin; island, in southern part of Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Beardslee in 1880. 



Benkffi, jioint; see Banks. 



Bennett; cre^ek, tributary to the Niukluk river, from the south, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Bennett; island, in the Arctic ocean, north of the New Siberian islands. Discov- 

 ered by De Long, in 1881, and named by him, after Mr. James Gordon 

 Bennett. 



Bennett; lake, north of Chilkoot pass. Named by Schwatka, in 1883, after James 

 Gordon Bennett. Has been erroneously written Bennet. 



Bennett; town, at head of Bennett lake, the present terminus of the railroad from 

 Skagway. 



Bentera; island, in Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. Nained La Ben- 

 tera ])y Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Bentinck, point; see Steele. 



Berdeleben, mountain; see Bendeleben. 



Berens, point; see Beechey. 



Berezhnoi, island; see Caution. 



Berezoraia, cove; see Birch. 



Berg; bay, or inlet, on the southwestern shore of Glacier bay. So called in the 

 Coast Pilot (1883, p. 169). 



Berg; lake, on the eastern border of Muir glacier. So named by Reid, in 1890, 

 because of tlie large number of icebergs found floating in it that year. 



Bergman; store or trading post, on the Koyukuk river, near the Arctic circle. So 

 named by prospectors, in 1899, after its owner. 



