Dor-Doii. 154 [BULU187. 



Dora; liarbor, indenting the southern shore of Ikatan island (or peninsula), near 

 Isanotski strait, Unimak island. Named Loras by the Fish Commission 

 in 1888. Called Lords by the Coast Survey and known locally as Dora 

 harbor. 



Doran; strait, separating the front of Washington glacier from the opposite main- 

 land, Harriman fiord, Port Wells, Prince AVilliam sound. So named by 

 the Harriman Expedition, in 1899, after Capt. P. Doran, of the steamer 

 George W. Elder, which bore the expedition. 



Doris, bay; see ]Mud. 



Dorn; island, in Seymour canal, Alexander archipelago. So named by Mansfield, in 

 1890, after Lieut. Edward J. Dorn, U. S. N., a member of his party. 



Domin; sunken rock, off the western end of Douglas island, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named by Mansfield in 1890, after J. B. Dornin, a 

 member of his party. 



Dorokhnra, bay; see Deep. 



Doroshin: glacier, on Kenai peninsula, near Kachemak bay. Cook inlet. So 

 named by Dall, in 1880, after Peter P. Doroshin, a Russian mining engi- 

 neer, who made investigations in Cook inlet in 1848. 



Dorothy; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the west, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Dorozhnoi, island; see Road. 



Double; island, in Krestof sound, north of Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Dvoinoi (twin) by Vasilief in 1809. Called Dwinoi in the Coast 

 Pilot (1883, p. 155) and Double in late Coast Survey publications. 



Double; island, in St. Paul harbor, Kodiak. Named Dvoinoi (double, or twins) by 

 Vasilief in 1809. 



Double; island, near Dewey anchorage, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by Snow in 1886. The island is double at high water. 



Double; islands, between Cat and Dog islands, in Felice strait, southeast of Annette 

 island, Gravina group, Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 

 1883. 



Double Point; mountain, on the north bank of the Koyukuk, near Arctic city. 

 Descriptive name, given by Allen in 1885. 



Doubtful; harbor, on the southern coast of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. So 

 named by Berry in 1881. Possibly this is a synonym for Selfridge bay. 



Doug'las; bay, indenting the southern coast of Kupreauof island, Sumner strait, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named by Helm, in 1866, and spelled on various 

 charts Douglas and Douglass indiscriminately. 



Douglas; cape, on the western shore of Seward peninsula, just south of Port 

 Clarence. So named by Beechey in 1826. 



Douglas; cape, the western head of Cook inlet. So named by Cook, in 1778 (II, 

 385), after Dr. Douglas, canon of Windsor. It is Kamieshatskoi of a 

 Russian chart of 1802. The native name is given as Kukvak, Koukhat, 

 and Kuchat. 



Donglds, entrance; see Dixon. 



Douglas; island, opposite Juneau, at the north end of Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Douglas's by Vancouver, in 1794, after the Bishop of Salisbury. 

 Has sometimes been written Douglass. 



Douglas; post-office on Douglas island, southeastern Alaska. Established in Jan- 

 uary, 1888. 



])i,a<jl((s City. The mining town on Douglas island (population 402 in 1890) is often 

 so called. 



Douglass; peak, on the mainland, east of Farragut bay, southeastern Alaska. So 

 named bv Thomas in 1887. 



