Dag-Dan. 144 [bull. 187. 



Dagorashapka; mountain, on tlie north bank of the Yukon, about 25 miles l)elo\v 

 Koj^erefski. So called })y Raymond in 1869. Not seen on any other map. 

 Perhaps this is an error for Pogoreshapka. Petrof, 1880, has a village 

 Pogoreshapka (burnt hat) near this mountain. 



Dahlgren; peak (3,502 feet high), on the mainland north of Frederick sound and 

 near Farragut bay. Named Dahlgreen by Thomas, in 1887, after Rear 

 Admiral John Adolf Dahlgren, U. S. N. 



Daisy; glacier, tributary to the Tyndall glacier, near Mount St. Elias, southeastern 

 Alaska. So named by Topham in 1888. 



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

 Native name, reported by Allen in 1885. In his text Allen calls it 

 Dakliakakat and on his map Daklikakat. The latter has been copied by 

 the Coast Survey. See Kakat. 



Dall; head, a promontory at the south end of Gravina island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by the pilots prior to 1879, after Capt. C. C. Dall, of the 

 Pacific Mail Steamship Company's service. 



Dall; island, in the Koyukuk river, near the mouth of Huslia river. Named by 

 Allen, in 1885, after William Healey Dall. Has also been written Dolls 

 island. 



Dall; island, on the northern side of the mouth of Dixon entrance. Named by the 

 Coast Survey, in 1879, after W. H. Dall. Port Bazan indents the western 

 shore of Dall island and (according to present information) nearly, but 

 not quite, cuts it in two. Coast Survey chart 8050 calls the southern part 

 of the island Dall and the northern part Quadra. 



Dall; lake, in the delta coast region between the Yukon and Kuskokwin rivers, east 

 of Cape Vancouver, drained by the Kiniak river. Named by Nelson, in 

 1878, after W. H. Dall. 



Dall; point or cape, on the mainland coast, near Cape Romanzof, south of the 

 Yukon mouth and north of Nunivak. So called, in 1869, after ^Y. H. Dall. 



Dall; ridge of mountains, on the western coast of Gravina island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by Nichols, in 1883, after W. H. Dall. 



Dall; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the north, at the Lower Ramparts. It is 

 Notokakat or Dall of the Coast Survey in 1869; Notochangut or Dall of 

 Raymond, 1871, and Notochargut of Schwatka, 1883. 



Dalnie, cape; see Far. 



Dalnie, island, Yakutat bay; see Knight. 



Dalnoi; point, the westernmost point of St. George island, Pribilof islands, Bering 

 sea. Tebenkof and Tikhmenief call it West Konetz (west end). Other- 

 wise known as Dalnoi (distant) point. 



Dalton, glacier; see Turner. 



Dalton; post, range of mountains and ti-ail leading from head of Lynn canal to the 

 interior. As applied to a range of mountains near Dezadeash lake this 

 name has been adopted by the Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 

 Dalton trail is a well known local name. Named after John Dalton, a 

 well known miner and frontiersman, "justly considered the pioneer 

 explorer of the region." 



Dana; peak (4,260 feet high), on the mainland near Thomas bay, southeastern 

 Alaska. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after Prof. James Dwight Dana, of 

 Yale College. 



Danaaku, lake; see Silver. 



Danger; bay, indenting the southern shore of Afognak island, Kodiak group. 

 Named Opasnaia (dangerous) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



Danger; cape, on the northeastern coast of Kittiwake island, Kodiak group. Nanied 

 Opasnie (dangerous) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



