■'-^'^""•^ 1^1 Cliu-€le. 



, Cturcli; point, on the southern coast of Gambier bay, Admiralty island, Alexander 

 I archipelago. So named by JNIansfield in 1889. 



[ Chusana, river; see Chisana. 

 i Ckustidena, lake; see Tustumena. 

 . Chumd-, island and strait; see Shuyak. 

 Chvilnuk; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the north, a little above Andreafski. 

 Called Chvilnuk by the Russians and 3Iilavanoff (a Russian proper name) 

 by Dall. Possibly identical with Clear river. See Clear. 

 ; ChmtrlitUigamuf, village; see Chuarlitilik. 

 Ciprt's, Puntade; see Cj'press. 

 Circle; islet, in or near Revillagigedo channel, Alexander archipelago. So called 



by the Coast Survey in Coast Pilot, 1883. Not found on any map. 

 Circle; point, the south point of entrance to Slocum inlet, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Descriptive name given by Thomas in 1888. 

 Circle; trail and mining camp, on west bank of the Vukon, near latitude 66°. 

 Called Circle City by the miners from its supposed location on the Arctic 

 circle. See also Birch Creek trail. 

 Clalwria, river; see Klahini. 

 Clam; island, in Neets bay, Behni canal, Alexander archipelago. Named bv the 



Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Clam; island, in northeastern part of Prince William sound. Name published by 



the Coast Survey in 1900. 

 Clara; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the west, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 Clarence; port, indenting western end of Seward peninsula, Bering strait. Long 

 known to the Russians under the name of Kaviaiak bay. First described 

 by Beechey, who visited it in September, 1827, and named it Clarence, 

 after the Duke of Clarence. According to Sauer its native name is 

 Imagru. 

 Clarence; strait, in Alexander archipelago. Surveyed and named by Vancouver in 

 1793, "in honour of His Royal Highness Prince William Henry * * * 

 The Duke of Clarence's Strait. ' ' Also written Clarence sound and Clarence 

 strait. 

 Clark; island, the westermnost large island of the Siginaka group in extreme north- 

 , ern part of Sitka sound. Named Kliarkof (Clark) by Vasilief in 1809. 



, Clark; lake, west of and near Cook inlet. Supposed to have been discovered by 

 John W. Clark, chief of the Nushagak trading post, in 1891, and in late 

 I charts named after him. It is, however, shown on a Russian govern- 



ment map, of 1802, with the name Ilima, while IHamna lake is called 

 Shelikof. 

 Clark; point, near mouth of Nushagak river. Named Clark's point by the Fish 

 Commission, in 1890, perhaps after Prof. Samuel Fessenden Clark, of 

 Williams College. See also Ekuk cape. 

 Clashmore; mountain (5,502 feet high), east of Portland canal. Named by Pender 



in 1868. 

 Claude; point, on the northern shore of Revillagigedo island, Behm canal, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Clear; creek, tributary to the Kotsina, from the north. Prospectors' name, reported 



vjy Gerdine, 1900. 

 Clear; creek, tributary to the TubutuUk river, from the west, Seward peninsula. 



Prospectors' name, from Peters, 1900. 

 Clear, islets; see Battery. 



Clear; point, the north point of- entrance to Funter bay, near south end of Lynn 

 canal, Alexander archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1890. 



