BAKKR.l 155 JDou— Dry. 



P(nt.'<hmi!, bay; see Close. 



Dove; islet, at entrance to Jamestown bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by "United States naval officers, in 1880, after a Mr. Dove, employed 

 on the U. S. S. Jamestown in that j'ear. 



Dowling'; peak, on the north shore of Klutina lake. So named by Abercrombie 

 in 1898. 



Drake; island (about 1,000 feet high), in Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. Origin 

 of name not discovered. First found on British .Vdmiralty chart 2431, 

 corrected to 1890. 



Dranishnikof; mountain or peak, near Deep lake, Baranof island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Yasilief in 1809. Has been called Mount Dranish. 

 Locally known as Redoubt mountain. 



Dranishnikof. The settlement or fishing station at the outlet of Deep lake, in Sitka 

 sound, was sometimes so called. More commonly it Avas, and still is, 

 spoken of as The Redoubt. 



Draper; mountain (7,54(i feet high), near the head of Disenchantment bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by Russell, in 1891, after Prof. John William 

 Draper. 



Dress; point, in Behm canal on the northwestern shore of Revillagigedo island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Xamed by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Drew; point, on the Arctic coast, east of Point Barrow. Named by Dease and Simp- 

 son, in 1837, after Richard Drew, esq., of the Hudson Bay Company. 



Drier; bay, indenting the western shore of Knight island, Prince William sound. 

 Name from Schrader, 1900. 



Driest; point, the north point of entrance to Port Chester, Annette island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named liy Nichols in 1883. Erroneously Dreist. 



DriftwQDd; small open bay, on the southern shore of Umnak island, eastern Aleu- 

 tians. Named Drovenaia (firewood) by the Russians on account of the 

 abundance of driftwood found here. ( )n acc()unt of its shape the Russians 

 sometimes called it Dvoinoi (double or twin) . Also it was known as Sta- 

 raia gavan (old harbor), because one of the early Russian tradmg vessels 

 anchored here. Has also been written Drovianaia. 



Drovenaia, bay; see Driftwood. 



Drozdof, island; see Blackbird. 



Drum; mountain (13,700 feet high), east of and near the Copper river, near longi- 

 tude 144°. Named, in 1885, by Allen, after Adjt. Gen. Richard Coulter 

 Drum, U. S. A. 



Drum Head; peak, on the northern coast of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. Named 

 Drum Head, by Berry, in 1881. Also written Drmiihead. 



Drunkard; bay, on the southeastern coast of Kodiak. This name was given by 

 Lisianski, in 1805, in his text. Name not foimd elsewhere and the place 



' not identified. 



Dry; bay, on the mainland coast, between Lituya bay and Yakutat. So called by 



I Davidson in 1869. It appears to be a shallow lagoon w'here the waters 



I from the melting glaciers contend with the ceaseless surges of the Pacific. 



Cook saw this place, in 1778, and under the supposition that it was the sjiot 

 where Bering anchored July 20, 1741, named it Beerings's bay (II, 347). 

 This name, variously spelled, was adopted by 3Ialaspina, Dixon, and 

 others. La Perouse called it Behring's river. Tebenkof represents this 

 as the delta of the Alsek, debouching through five mouths or rivers, of 



' which four bear the names Tlegan, Taaltsug, Vankahina, and Kakanhina, 



the fifth being unnamed; whence arose the name Five Rivers or Dry bay. 

 In the Coast Pilot of 1869 Davidson also calls it Shallow bay. 



Dry; cove, on the western shore of Portage bay, Kupreanof island, Alexander archi- 

 jjelago. Descriptive name given bj' Nichols in 1882. 



