Bll— Bill. 



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Blind; river, in :\Iitk..t" island, Iribntary t.i Wran^n>ii strait, Alexander archipelago. 



Jii'fore this rt-jrion was explored it was supposed that a choked or 



ohsitructed i)assa're existed here and connected with Blind slough, on the 



south shore of Mitkof island. Lindenberg, in 1838, calls it Sul'hol pralif 



(dry strait). Meade, in 1868,' has Blind passage, said to lead to (Clarence 



strait. This supposed channel which has been variousl>- called Dry or 



Blind pa.ssage or channel does not exist. 

 Blind Slough. .Vn indentation of the southern shore of Mitkof island, Sumner 



strait, Alexander archipelago, was, prior to the surveys by the Coast Sur- 



A^ey, supposed to connect with Blind passage in Wrangell strait. The 



Avestern part of this supposed (but non-existent) Blind passage is now 



known as Blind river and its southern end, Blind slough. 

 Blizhni; point, on northern shore of Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. Named 



Hlizlinic (near) by Tebenkof in 1849. Has also been called Blitzhni and 



Nearei'. 

 Block; island, in Tl(>vak narrows, Prini-(' of Wales archipelago. So named by 



Nichols in 1881. 

 Bloshkf, island; see Blashke. 

 Blossom; cape, on eastern shore of Kotzebue sound, opposite Cape Espenberg. So 



named by Beechey, in 1827, after his ship Blossom. 

 Blossom; island, a rocky mass, protruding through the Malaspina glacier in the 



St. Elias region, was found l)y the National Geographic Society exploring 



party, of 1890, t(5 be covered with flowers and accordingly named Blossom 



island. 

 Blossom; point, the end of a sandy shoal on southwestern shore of Wrangell island, 



Arctic ocean. So named by Berry in 1881. Erroneously Blassom point. 

 Blossom; shoals, off Icy cape, Arctic ocean. Described by Beechey, in 1826, and 



named by him after his ship. In September, 1889, Commander C. H. 



Stockton, of the U. S. S. Thetis, erected a beacon on Icy cape to mark the 



beginning of Blossoms shoals. 

 Blue, island; see Crow. 

 Blue; ])oint, on eastern shore of Portland canal. Descriptive name given by Pender 



in 1868. 

 Blue Fox; bay, indenting the northern shore of Atka i.sland, middle Aleutians. 



Named Pestsovaia (blue fox) by Ingenstrem about 1830. 

 Bluestone; river, tributary to Tuksuk channel, from the south, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Bluff; cape, on the eastern shore of Kizhuyak bay, Kodiak island. Named Otni- 



bistoi (bluff) by Murashef in 1839-40. 

 Bluff; cape, the northernmost point of Dolgoi island, near Belkof.ski. Named by 



Dall in 1880. 

 Bluff; cape, the southwestern head of Afognak bay, Afognak island, Kodiak group. 



Named Otrubistoi (cut around, i. e., abrupt, jierpendicular, bluff) by 



.AInrashef in 1839-40. 

 Bluff; creek, tributary to American creek from the east in the Eagle mining region. 



Local name obtained by Barnard in 1898. 

 Bluff; island, in entrance to Shipley bay, Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. 



Descriptive name given by Dall in 1879. 

 Bluff; island, one of the Kashevarof group, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 



Named by Snow in 1886. 

 Bluff, island; see Buyan. 

 Bluff; islet, on the southeastern edge of the Sandman reefs northeast of Sannak. 



So called by Dall in 1880. 

 Bluff; ])oint, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. So called bv Pender in 1868. 



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