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Dyer; 



Dvoini-bratef (twin brotlier^), Sitka pound; see Twiii;. 



Dioinoi, bay; see Driftwood. l 



Dvoinoi, island; see Double. 



Dwinoi, islet, Krestof sound; see Double. j 



Dyea; i)ort of entry and post-office (established in June, 1896) at the head of Lynn | 

 canal. The inlet was called Tyya by Meade, in 1869, Dejah by Krause, in i 

 1882, Dayay by Schwatka, in 1883, and Chilkoot or Taiya by the miners. ' 



Dyer; cape, on the Arctic coast between Point Hope and Cape Lisburne. So named t 

 by Beechey in 1827. : 



cape, on the mainland coast, southwest from the mouth of the Yukon river. | 

 So named by Dall, in 1869, after .Joseph Tarbell Dyer, now of Washington, | 

 D. C., who explored in this region, in 1865-66, for the Western Union f 

 Telegraph Company. i 



Dying; glacier, near Muir inlet. Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. Descriptive I 

 name, given by Reid in 1892. " Dying glacier belongs to the past and is j 

 melting away." ! 



Dyke; mountain (6,700 feet high), on the western shore of Klutina lake. So ^ 

 named by Abercrombie in 1898. ■; 



Eads; peak (4,636 feet high), on the mainland, north of Frederick sound, south- 1 

 eastern Alaska. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after the distinguished 

 engineer, James Buchanan Eads. . 



Eagle; bay, on the southern coast of Unalaska, immediately east of Kashega 1)Hy. 

 So named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Eagle; cape, on the northwestern shore of Shuyak island, Kodiak group. Called 

 Orlinie (eagle) by the Russians, who in turn seem to have taken it from 

 the native name Amakaktuli, supposed to mean eagle. 



Eagle; creek, tributary to the right fork of the Bluestone river, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Eagle; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the east, near Eagle. Local name 

 obtained by the Geological Survey in 1898. 



Eagle; glacier (1,200 feet high), on the mainland, east of Lynn canal. Apparently 

 so named by Meade, in 1869, from its fancied resemblance to an eagle with 

 outstretched wings. 



Eagle; harbor, indenting the western shore of Nagai island, Shumagin group. 

 So named by Dall in 1872. 



Eagle; harbor, on the southern [or (?) northern] shore of Ugak bay, on eastern 

 shore of Kodiak. The Eagle Harbor Packing Company, of Kodiak, hasji 

 an establishment at this harbor, which, on a late Fish Commission map, li 

 is located on the nortJi. shore of Ugak bay. According to some. Eagle har- ; 

 bor village or settlement is identical with Orlova of the Russians. A post- ji 

 office was established here in November, 1898. The Kodiak Packings 

 Company established a saltery here prior to 1890. 



Eagle; island, east of Onslow island, near junction of Ernest somid and Clarence ji 

 strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by Snow in 1886. 



Eagle; mining camp, on left bank of the Yukon near the international l)()un(lary. 

 A trading station, consisting of one log house, was built here, in 1881, and 

 abandoned the next year. This was called Belle Isle. On its site was 

 established the mining camp locally calleil Eagle City, about 1898. An 

 United States post-office, called Eagle, was established here in November, 

 1898. 



Eagle; mountain (about 1,500 feet high), at head of Eagle harbor, Nagai island, 

 Shumagin group. So named by Dall in 1872. 



