BIsr— Blu. 



98 ~ [bull. 187. 



Big Branch; rock, off Bijr Branch bay, Barauof island, Alexander arcliipelago. So 



named hy .Moser in 1S1)7. 

 Big Diomede; island (1,759 feet hijrh), the westernmost and largest of the Diomede 



islan<ls Bering strait. It is the easternmost land of eastern Siberia, Asia. 



For name of the grouf) see Diomede. Commonly known as Big Diomede. 



Saner, 1802, calls it Inalin and Inellen; Lutke has Inalik, while Beechey, 



18.S0, ha.s Ratmanoff (Noo-nar-book). Tebenkof, 1849, has Iraaklit, while 



Nordenskjol<l has I-ma-ltn. Be«chey, 1826, says that he transferred to 



this island the name Ratmanoff, which had been bestowed upon the sup- 



l)osed discovery of Kotzebne. 

 Big Fort; islet, on southeastern shore of Shuyak island, Kodiak group. Named 



Bolshoi Krieposti (Big fort) by the Russian American Company in 1849. 

 Big Four; creek, tributary to Koksuktapaga river, from the south, Seward penin- 

 sula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Big Gavanski; island, one of the Gavan.«ki group, immediately in front of Starri- 



gavan bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Gavanski Bol- 



slioi (big harbor) by Vasilief in 1809. Has also been called Big island 



and Gavanski island. 

 Big Gorntc, island; see Goose. 

 Big Hurrah; creek, tributary to Soiomon river, from the east, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Bii/ Ikiiit, river; see Xiuklnk. 

 Bl<j Jl'iiizhik, island; see Outer Iliasik. 

 Big Koniuji; island, one of the Shumagin group. Named by the Russians Bolshoi 



Koniuzhi, a word derived from Koniuzhka, the crested auk. Also written 



Konioujii, Koniugi, etc. See Koniuji. 

 Big Lake. A region of flat country abounding in lakes, between the lower Yukon 



and the Kuskokwim rivers, was, as early as 1878 and probably earlier, 



known to the fur traders as the Big Lake country. 

 Big Rose ; island, one of the Opasni islands in Northern rapids. Peril strait, Alexander 



archipelago. Named by Coghlan, in 1884, doubtless after the little steamer 



TlO.SV. 



Big "Whitefish; island, in the Yukon river, at the Palisades. Called Big White 

 Fish island by the Coast Survey in 1898. 



Bill; point, the north point of Whitney island, Fanshaw bay, Frederick sound, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Billy; creek, tributary to Hicks creek, from the north, near longitude 147° 30^. 

 Loi-al name from Glenn in 1898. 



Bingham; the northwestern point of Yakobi island, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 by Vancouver in 1794. Tebenkof calls it Takhanis, while Cook and La 

 Perouse call it Cape Cross. Vancouver located Cape Cross seven miles 

 from this. 



Bingo; moiantain, in northern part of Annette island, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Nichols in 1883. 



Biorka; cape, the northeasternmost point of Biorka island near LTnalaska, eastern 

 Aleutians. Called Burka by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Biorka; island, near the east end of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Its Aleut name 

 is Siginak (braided, curled), Avhich Sauer wrote Sithanak. Sari chef, in 

 1792, called it Spirkin; Veniaminof has Borka or Spirkin, while Lutke 

 says Spirkine, otherwise called Borka. Now commonly w-ritten and pro- 

 nounced Biorka. Erroneously Burka. It is from the Norwegian Bjerk 6, 

 or Swedish Bjork O, meaning Birch island. 



Biorka; island, the northwesternmost of the Necker islands, at entrance to Sitka 

 sound, Alexander archipelago. So named by Vasilief in 1809. It is 

 South island of Lisianski in 1805. 



