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Casement; glacier, trilmtary to Muir gliiciei-, southeastern Ala.^ka. Reid, in 1890, 



called this the First Xnrih Trihuhiri/ (of Muir glacier) and later Casement, 



after E. L. Casement, a memljer of liis party in 1890. 

 Castalia; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the west, near Eai,'le. Local name, 



obtained l)y the (Geological Survey in 1898. 

 Castani; lake, in the St. Elias region. "Named Lake Caetani" by Prof. William 



Libbey, of Princeton College, in 1886, "in honor of the Duke of Sermo- 



neta, president of the Itahan Geographical Society." (Am. Geog. Soc 



Jour. 1886, XVIII, 149. ) All references except this one here cited have 



the name Castani. 

 Castigo, Punta de; see Punishment. 

 Castilla; a supposed bay on the mainland coast a few miles north of Lituya bay; 



was called Ent'^ de Castilla, by Mala.spina, in 1792. In this place Teben- 



kof shows no bay, but has a river called Katagini. 

 Castle; bay, indenting the southern shore of Chignik bay, Alaska peninsula. Local 



name. Tuliumnit point is turreted like a castle, and this bay near it takes 



its name from this circumstance. 

 Castle; islands, in Duncan canal, Kupreanof island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Castle; mountain, on the mainland west of the Stikine river. Xame published by 



the Coast Survey in 1895. 

 Castle; mountain peak, in the Talkeetna range, about 40 miles from Knik arm of 



Cook inlet. Local and descriptive name, published l)y the Geological 



Survey in 1899. 

 Castle; peak (10,314 feet high), about 12 miles south of Mount Blackburn, near 



Kaskulana pass. Prospectors' name, reported by Gerdine in 1900. 

 Castle; rock, off the north end of Big Koniuji island, Shumagin group. So called 



by the fishermen. Descriptive name, reported by Dall in 1872. 

 Castle Island; slough, one of the passes through the delta of the Copper i-iver. 



Xame from Schrader, 1900. 

 Castner; glacier, tributary to Delta river, from the east, near latitude 63° 30^. So 



named by Glenn, in 1898, after Lieut. Joseph C. Castner, JJ. S. A., a 



member of his party. 

 Cat; island, between Duke and Mary islands, Gravina group, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Catalina; island, in San Alberto bay, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Named Ysla Catalina (Catalina island) by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775- 



1779. 

 Cataract; bight, in Bay of Waterfalls, Adak island, middle Aleutians. Descriptive 



name, given by United States naval officers in 1893. 

 Cataract; glacier, tributary to Harriman tiord. Port Wells, Prince William sound. 



Descriptive name, given by the Harriman Expedition in 1899. 

 Cathedral; bluff and rapids, on the Xanana river, near longitude 144°. Descriptive 



name, given by Allen in 1885. 

 Cathedral; mountain, in the Tordrillo range, between the headwaters of the 



Skwentna and Kuskokwim rivers. So named by Spurr in 1898. 

 Catherina. "That great series of islands extending from the mouth of Cook's inlet 



to the end of the Aleutian chain, and perhaps properly including the 



Commander's islands, was named by Forster, in 1786, the Catherina archi- 

 pelago, in honor of Catherine the Great, Empress of all the Russias." 



Name obsolete. 

 Caton; island, the easternmost of the Sannak group. So called by the Fish Com- 

 mission in 1888. 

 Caton; shoal, in Popof strait, Shmnagin islands. Reported to the Coast Survey, in 



i880, by Mr. Caton and named after hira. 



