«*KER.] 143 Cud— Dag. 



CudaJiy; post, on the west Ijank of the Yukon, near mouth of Fortymile creek. 

 Also called Fort Cudahy. The above form, Cudahy, has been adopted by 

 the Canadian Board on Geographic names. 



Culebrina; island, in eastern part of Bucareli l)ay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named Culebrina (culverin) l)y 3Iaurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Culross; point, near Port Wells, on the northwestern shore of Prince William sound. 

 So named by Vancouver in 1794. Erroneously Cull Eoss and Gulrass. 



Cupola; peak, near the head of Silver bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Kupolnaia (cui^ola) by the Russians. 



Curlew; ledge, in Funter bay, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Mansfield in 1890. 



Curlew; point, on the northwestern coast of Revillagigedo island, being the south- 

 west jioint of entrance to Behm narrows, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Current; cape, on the northern shore of Afognak island, Kodiak group. Strong 

 currents flow between Shuyak and Afognak islands, and the cape on the 

 Afognak shore of the narrow strait separating the islands was named by 

 ilurashef, in 1839—10, Silnago techenia (of strong current). Hence the name 

 which on all the American charts is erroneously applied to a point farther 

 east. 



Curtis; creek, tributary to the Koksuktapaga river, from the south, Seward penin- 

 sula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Curtis; gulch, on the western shore of Klutina lake. Apparently a prospectors' 

 name; reported by Abercrombie in 1898. 



Curve; mountain, in California ridge, on Gravina island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Cushing; glacier and plateau, at head of Glacier bay. So named by Eeid, after 

 Prof. Henry Piatt Cushing, one of his companions, in 1890. In Reid's 

 account, published in 1892 (Nat. Geog. Mag., vol. iv), the plateau is called 

 "Northwest tributary" of Muir glacier. 



Custom House; cove, on the western shore of Mary island, Revillagigedo channel, 

 Alexander archipelago. A custom-house which existed here for some 

 years was moved to Ketchikan in 1900. 



Cutler; river, tributary to theNoatak, from the south, near longitude 158°, north- 

 western Alaska. Origin of name not discovered. First applied by the 

 • Coast Survey in 1890. Has recently been called Caribou river. 



Cutter; two rocks, awash, in Revillagigedo channel, at entrance to Carroll inlet, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Cyane ; peak, on the mainland, north of Frederick sound, near Farragut bay. Named 

 by Thomas, in 1887, after a vessel of that name. 



Cygnet; island, at mouth of ^link bay, Boca de Quadra, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Cypress; point, on the eastern shore of Port Refugio, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales 

 archipelago. Named Punta de Cipres (cypress point) by Maurelle and 

 Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Darhhiziig; cape, on Seduction tongue, northwest of Seduction jtoint, Lynn canal, 

 southeastern Alaska. Native name, reported by the Krause brothers in 

 1882 as Dachlazug. 



Dagelet; mountain (9,708 feet high), in the southern part of the St. Elias alps. So 

 named by Dall, in 1874, after Lepaute Dagelet, the astronomer of f-a 

 Perouse's expedition to this coast in 1786. Often written D'Agelet. 



Dagitli; river, tributary to the Koyukuk, from the north, near longitude 157°. 

 Native name, reported by Allen, in 1885, as Doggetlooscat and Dogget- 

 looskat. Schrader writes it Doggetiikakat. See Kakat. 



