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Cooper; creek, tributary to Kenai lake, Kenai peninsula. Local name, published 

 in 1899. 



Cooper; island, near entrance to Chichagof harbor, Attn island, western Aleutians. 

 So named, in 1855, by Gibson, of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 

 after the U. S. schooner Fenimore Cooper. 



Cooper; island, near Dease inlet, just east of Point Barrow, Arctic ocean. Appar- 

 ently so named by the British Admiralty in 1855. 



Cooper; lake, drained by Cooper creek, Kenai peninsula. Local name, published 

 in 1899. 



Cooper; pass, Vjetween the Nabesna and Xanana rivers, near latitude 62°. So named 

 by Peters in 1899. 



Cooper; point, on the mainland, on western shore of Taku inlet, southeastern Alaska. 

 So named by Mansfield in 1890. 



Coot; cove, on the northern shore of Funter bay, Admiralty island, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1890. 



Copleston; mountain, near Camden bay, on the Arctic coast. So named by Frank- 

 lin, in 1826, "in honour of Dr. Copleston, provost of Oriel College, now 

 Bishop Landaff." Erroneously Coplestone and Coppleston. 



Coply; reef, near Keene island, Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. Name 

 published by the Coast Survey in 1898. 



Coposo; island, in Port Real Marina, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named Ysla Coposo (tufted) by ^laurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Copper; bay, in the northeastern part of Prince "William sound. Name published 

 by the Coast Survey in 1900. 



Copper; creek, tributary to the Kotsina, from the south. Prospectors' name, from 

 Gerdine, 1900. 



Copper; creek, tributary to Nugget creek, from the south, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Copper; lake, on Unalaska island, eastern Aleutians. Veniaminof, getting his 

 information from the natives, says (I, 171): "Near 3Iakushin bay, 

 between a long isthmus and Tarasof bay, in the mountain, is a lake on 

 whose shores native copper occurs." Name not heretofore used. 



Copper; mountain peak (5,000 feet high), and range on eastern shore of Prince 

 William sound. So named by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Copper; point, in Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Nichols in 1883. 



Copper; river, in central Ala.ska. Discovered by Nagaief, in 1781, and named Cop- 

 per (miednaia), on account of the reported existence of copper in its 

 vicinity. The native name is Atna, i. e.. At river. Often called the Atna 

 or Copper. 



Copper Center; mining camp or village, on the Copper river. Prospectors' name, 

 first published in 1898. About 300 miners and prospectors wintered here 

 in 1898-99. 



Copper Citi/; see Yaldes. 



Copper Mountain; point, on the northeastern shore of Prince William sound. So 

 named by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Copper River; plateau between Copper and Sushitna rivers, about latitude 62°. 

 Named by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Cora; creek, debouching between capes Douglas and Woolley, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Cora; point, the northeastern point of Coronation island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Snow in 1886. 



Coral; rocks off the southwest end of Montague island. Prince William sound. This 

 name appears to have been first applied by the Coast Survey in 1868. 



