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Buckeye; creek, tributary to the Yukon from the west, near Eagle, eastern Alaska. 

 Prospectoi-s' name, published in 1899. 



Buckland; mountains, on the Arctic coast, near the international boundary. So, 

 named by Franklin, in 1826, "in honour of Professor Buckland." 



Buckland; river, in tlie Seward peninsula, tributary to Eschscholtz bay. So named 

 by Beechey in September, 182B, "in compliment to Dr. Bucklantl, the 

 professor of geology at Oxford." Its Eskimo name, according to the Rus- 

 sians is Kaniek or Kotsokotana; according to Dall, 1869, Kiing-uk, and 

 according to Petrof, 1880, Konguk. 



Buckskin; creek, tributary to South fork of Fortymile creek, from the west. Pros- 

 l)ectors' name, published by the Geological Survey in 1899. 



Budd; i-reek, tributary to American river, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Brooks, 1900. 



Buen-tiempo, cape and mountain; see Fairweather. 



Buffalo; creek, at headwaters of Nome river, Seward peninsula. Name from Bar- 

 nard, 1900. 



Bug; island, in Seymour canal, Adnuralty island, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Mansfield in 1890. 



Bug; islet, in Neets bay, Behm canal, Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast 

 Survey in 1891. 



Buhner; creek, tributary to Anikovik river, near Cape Prince of Wales, Seward 

 peninsula. Prospectors' name, published in 1900. 



Bukarelli, bay; see Bucareli. 



Bvl-ti, point; see Cove. 



Buldir; island (1,145 feet high), between Kiska and Attn, western Aleutians. So 

 called by the early Russian explorers. Langsdorf calls it Buldir, or the 

 round island. Variously written Bouldir, Bouldyr, etc. Buldier is the 

 Russian word for hut or Jiocel. 



Bull; island, near head of George inlet, Revillagigedo island, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



BuUen; point, on the Arctic coast, near Point Barrow. Named by Franklin in 1826. 



Bullion; creek, on northeastern shore of Douglas island, Alexander archipelago. 

 Presumably a miner's name in use prior to 1890. 



Bulshaia, mountain; see McKinley. 



Bunker; hill, on north bank of the Kuzitrin river, Seward peninsula. Name from 

 Brooks, 1900. 



Burg; creek, in the Nome mining region, Seward peninsula. Name published in 

 National Geographic Magazine in January, 1900. 



Burka, cape; see Biorka. 



Burlaw, cove; see Barlow. 



Burnett; inlet, in Etolin island, opening into Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by Snow in 1886. 



Burniston; range of mountains, east of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 1868. 



Burnt-; islet, near Keene island, in Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Obgorielie (burnt off) by Lindenberg in 1838. It is Captain's island of 

 Meade in 1869. 



Bund; point, just south of Anchorage point, Chilkat inlet, southeastern Alaska. 

 Named Obgorielie (burnt off) by Lindenberg in 1838. The name is 

 obsolete. 



Burnt Islet; reef, near Burnt islet, in Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 called in the Coast Pdot, 1883. 



Burroughs; bay, in the mainland north of Revillagigedo island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Burrough's bay by Vancouver in 1793. Rendered Bur- 

 rong ( burro wer) on one Russian chart. 



