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Corbin; ghu-icr and pass, neai Valdcs, Prince William sound. Named by Aber- 

 erund)ie, in 1898, after Adjt. Cien. Henry Clark Corbin, U. S. A. 



Cordova; bay, indenting the eastern shore of Prince William sound. The first 

 publication of the name appears to be on chart 11 of Vancouver's atlas 

 (1798), where it is called Pto. Cordova, a name either given by Vancouver 

 or atlopted by him from the Spaniards. 



Cordova; bay, on the northern shore of Dixon entrance in Prince of Wales island, 

 • Alexander archipelago. The name Puerto Cordova y (Jordova appears to 

 have been first applied by Caamafio, in 1792, and published by Vancouver 

 in 1798. 



Cork; islet, in Security bay, Kuiu island, Alexander archipelago. So named by 

 Glass in 1881. 



Corlies; group of two islets, on eastern shore of Tlevak strait, opposite View cove, 

 in Dall island, Alexander archipelago. Named by Dall, in 1882, after Rev. 

 AV. H. R. Corlies, of Philadelphia, a missionary who began work in Alaska 

 in 1879. Sheldon Jackson has named the north one Rankin and the south 

 one Young. 



Corlies; point, the nortli point of entrance to Sawmill cove, Howkan strait, Cordova 

 bay, Alexander archipelago. Named l:)y Sheldon Jackson, after Rev. 

 AVilliam Henry Richards Corlies. 



Cormorant; rock, near the entrance to Lituya bay, southeastern Alaska. Named 

 Cormorants by La Perouse in 1786. 



Corner; mountain, on south side of Silver bay, at the corner or angle where the 

 bay turns to the southeast, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Uglovaia (corner) by Vasilief in 1809. 



Cornwall; ridge, on east side of Copper river, north of Mount Sanford. Named 

 by Lowe, in 1898, after John Cornwall, a member of his party. Erro- 

 neously Corwells and Cornwell. 



Cornwallis; point, the north head of Liscome bay, Dall island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Name published by the Hydrographic Office in 1882 and perhai)S 

 earlier. 



Cornwallis; point, the north point of entrance to Saginaw bay, Kuiu island, Fred- 

 erick sound, Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 



Coronados; group of islands, in eastern part of Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archi- 

 pelago. Named Los Coronados (tonsured priests), by Maurelle and 

 Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Coronation; island, at junction of Sumner and Chatham straits, southeast of Cape 

 Ommaney, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. So named by Van- 

 couver in September, 1793, "the day of our passing it having been the 

 anniversary of that happy event" (II, 423). Koronatsie of the Russians. 



Coronation, islands; see Spanish. 



(Jonrdh, ridge; see Cornwall. 



Corwin; cape, the southeasternmost point of Nunivak island, Bering sea. So called 

 by Tebenkof, in 1849, after Capt. Mikhail Nikolaevich Vasilief, I. N., of the 

 Otkrietie (discovery), who, in 1821, discovered Nunivak island. The Rus- 

 sian Hydrographic office, 1852, called it Etolin and the Coast Survey has 

 recently called it Corwin. 



Corwin; (iliffs, in the St. Elias region. So named by I. C. Russell, in 1890, after the 

 U. S. R. M. steamer Corwin. 



Corwin; coal mine, on Arctic coast, east of Cape Lisburne. Definitely located and 

 used by Captain Hooper, of the U. S. revenue cutter Corwin, in July, 

 1880, and named after his vessel. 



Corwin; lagoon, on the Arctic coast, between Cape Seppings and Cape Krusenstern. 

 Named by the Coast Survey, in 1884, after the U. S. revenue cutter Coruin. 



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