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JicrliK/, biiv; srt' Yakutiit. 



Bering-; L'hu-UT, hi'twcrii Mount St. Klian an.l tlu- C»\>\>ri- rivi-r. So nuuied by tlio 



Coast Survey in 18S0. 

 liiriiK/, liavni; see Controller bay. 

 Bering-; island, one of the Commander ^M-onp. IUtIiik sea. Bering ,li,.,l an.l was 



buried here Deeend^er 8, 1741. 

 />./•("//</. river; see Alsek. 

 Bering; sea, between Alaska and eastern Siberia. First so called after CcMtmmnder 



Bering, by Cai)tain Uolofnin, in 1822. Before this dat?; it was for the 



most part eal led the Sea of Kami-hatka (variously spelled). On a very 



old map it is called the Mer d'Ormante and on another the Sleepy sea. 



It has also been called the Sea of Otters (Bobrovoi) and also the Sea of 



Alaska (variously spelled) or Aleutian sea. Also the Eastern (;. r. 



Pacific) < >cean. For very full account of this name see Fur Seal Arlntration. 

 Bering-; strait, si-parating Asia froni North America. Variously written as strait 



and straits, and also variously written sometimes in the possessive form, 



as Bhering, Behring, Beering, etc. As early as 1572, it is shown on a map 



with the name Strets de Anian. Cook, in 1778, called it Bhering's straits. 

 Bering; village, on the eastern shore of Port Clarence, Seward i>eninsula. Xame 



from Brooks, 1900. Locally called Bering City. 

 Bernard; creek, tributary t<j the Tonsina river from the southeast. Name from 



Gerdine, 1900. 

 Berners; V)ay, indenting the eastern shore of Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. 



Named by Vancouver in 1794. 

 Benitifcl)!, bay; see Amber. 

 Berry; arm, of Port Frederick, Chichagof island, Alexander archipelago. So callc<l 



in the Coast Pilot of 1883, p. 192. 

 Berrij, inlet; see Tenakee. 

 Berry; island, in Kasaan bay. Prince of Wales group, Alexander archi])elago. So 



named by Clover in 1886. 

 Berry; island, one of the Kutchuma group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Yagodnoi (berry) by Vasilief in 1809. Has also been called John- 

 son island. 

 Berry; knoll (894 feet high), east of Tamgas harbor, on Amiette island, Alexander 



archipelago. Called Berry Knoll ]>y Nichols in 1883. 

 BeiT'i, passage; see Tenakee. 

 Berry; peak (2,500 feet high), on AVrangell island, Arctic ocean. So named by the 



United States Navy in 1881, after Lieut. Robert Mallory Berry, IT. S. N., 



whose party was the first to land upon this island. 

 Berry; jioint, the end of a sandy shoal forming the northernmost point of WrangcU 



island, Arctic ocean. Named after Lieut. Robert M. Berry, U. S. N., who 



di.scovered it in 1881. 

 Bertha; glacier, on the mainland near the head of Chilkat inlet, southeastern 



Alaska. So named by Fnited States naval officers in 1880. 

 Besboro; island, in eastern part of Norton sound, Bering sea. Named Besborough 



by Cook in Septeml)er, 1778. 

 Be-fimennij, cape; see Nameless. 

 Bessie; peak (4,130 feet high), in the northern part of Etolin island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Snow in 1886. 

 Betchareff, lake; see Becharof. 

 BelcheriiiKhol, bay, cape, etc.; see Bechevin. 

 Bethel; mission (M(jravian), on the lower Kuskokwim near or at the native village 



^lunitrelega; founded by the missionaries William H. Weinland and 



John IL Kilbuck in 1885. 



