baker] 145 Dan— Bav. 



Dang-er; it^land, in the entrance to Red liay, Prinee of AVales inland, Alexander 



archipelago. So named hy Helm in 1886. Erroneously Dead island on 



one chart. 

 Danger; island, near Ward ?ove, in Tongass narrows, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Daiigi'f, island; see Dead. 

 Danger; islet, "small and wooded" at the southern end of Mary island, Revillagi- 



gedo channel, Alexander archipelago. So called by Nichols in the Coast 



Pilot (1891, p. 98). It is now called Danger. 

 Danger; passage, between Cat island and Mary island, Revillagigedo channel, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Danger; point, on the eastern or Mitkof island shore of Wrangell strait, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Dall in 1879. 

 Danger; point, the southern point of entrance to Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty 



island, Alexander archipelago. Descriptive name given by Meade in 1869. 

 Danger; reef, in Tongass narrows, near Ward cove, Alexander archipelago. 



Named by the Coast Survey in 1883. Name not found on any chart. 



Also called Danger Island reef. 

 Danger; rock, in Narrow strait, between Kodiak and Spruce islands, Kodiak group. 



Named Opasnie (dangerous) by Murashef in 1839—40. 

 Danger; rock, near Danger jjoint, Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Meade in 1869. 

 Dangerous; cape, between Kiliuda and Ugak bays, on the southeastern shore of 



Kodiak. Namel Opasnie (dangerous) by Lisianski in 1805. Has also 



been written Onatzno. 

 Dangerous; cape, the northern point of entrance to Graham harbor, Cook inlet. 



Named Opasnoi (dangerous) by Tebenkof in 1849. 

 Dangerous; channel, separating Biorka from other islands in or near Sitka sound. 



So named by United States naval officers in 1879-80. Nichols, in the 



Coast Pilot, suggests that this name is premature. 

 Dangerous; passage, on the western shore of Prince William sound, separating 



Chenega island from the mainland. So named by Abercrombie in 1898. 

 Danger Point; reef, off Danger point, Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by 3Ieade in 1869. 

 Daniels; creek, west of Golofnin sound, Seward peninsula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Darby; cape, between Golofnin bay and Norton bay, on northern shore of Norton 



sound. So named by Cook in 1778. Has also been written Derby. 

 Dure, creek; see Dora. 

 Dark, creek; see Dora. 

 Dark; island, off north coast of Shuyak island, Kodiak group. Named Temnie (dark) 



by the Russian American Company in 18-19. 

 Dark; point, the southernmost point of the mainland between Nakat and Willard 



inlets, Dixon entrance. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Dassar-dee-asli, lake; see Dezadeash. 

 David; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 fJuiid, creek; see Sheep. 

 [David; island, in Wrangell harbor, Alaska peninsula. So named by Vasilief in 



1831-32. Also called Davidoff. 

 Davidof; island, one of the Rat islands, western Aleutians. So named in Krusen- 



stern's atlas, 1827, after Gavriil Ivanovich Davidof, a Russian naval officer, 



who, with Khwostof, made explorations in Alaska in 1802-1804. The 



existence of this island, at least in the place it occupies on most charts, is 



doubtful. 



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