Eld— Klo. 164 [BULL. 187. 



Eldorado; creek, tributary to South fork of the Koyukuk, from the east, near longi- 

 tude 147°. Prospectons' name, published in 18'J9. 

 Eldorado; creek, tributary to Tisuk river, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 Eldorado; river, tributary to Port Safety, Seward peninsula. So called by Barnard 



in 1900. Previously called Eldorado creek. 

 Eldred; passage, in Kachemak bay, Cook inlet, separating Cohen, Hesketh, and 



Yukon islands from the mainland. Named by Dall, in 1880, after Sarah 



Eldred, wife of Marcus Baker. 

 Eldred; rock (50 feet high), in Lynn canal, east of Sullivan island. Visited, located 



and named, in 1880, by Marcus Baker, after his wife, Sarah Eldred. Krause, 



in 1882, reported the native name to be Nechraje. Reserved for light-house 



purposes by p]xecutive order of January 4, 1901. 

 Eleanor; cove, in eastern part of Yakutat bay, behind Knight island. So named 



by Puget of Vancouver's party in 1794. 

 Eleanor; point, the north point of Knight island. Prince William sound. Named 



by Vancouver in 1794. 

 Elephant; point, in Eschscholtz bay, Kotzebue sound. So named by Beechey, ir 



1826, "from the bones of that animal being found near it." 

 Elephants Head; mountain peak, on the eastern shore of Thomas bay, southeastern 



Alaska. So named by Thomas'in 1887. 

 Eliza; harbor, indenting the southern coast of Admiralty island, Frederick sound, 



Alexander archipelago. Discovered April 17, 1799, by Mr. Bumstead, ol 



the ship Eliza, from Boston, Captain Rowan, and named "Eliza's Har- 

 bour, in compliment to our ship." 

 Eliza; point, the southern point of entrance to Port Armstrong, Baranof island 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 

 Elizabeth; cape, at the southwestern angle of Kenai peninsula. So named by Cook, 



in 1778, because "the discovery of it was connected with the Princess" 



Elizabeth's birth-day" (II, 382). Sauer calls it, erroneously, cape St. ; 



Elizabeth. i 



Elizabeth; point, the northwest point of entrance to Rodman bay. Peril strait, Alex- | 



ander archipelago. So named by Moore in 1895. 

 Elkamok, island; see Chirikof. , 



Elkhorn; creek, tributary to the Niukluk, from the south, in the Eldorado mining | 



district, Seward peninsula. Local name, published in 1900. Also, errone- | 



ously, Elkorn. 

 Elhugu, cape; see Edward. i, 



Ellamar; post-office, established September, 1900, at Virgin bay, between Ports ^ 



Fidalgo and Valdes, on the northeastern shore of Prince William sound. 

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



Simpson, in 1837, after the Right Hon. Edward Ellice. Erroneously Elice. 

 Elliot; creek, tributary to the Kotsina, from the east. Name from a manuscript I 



map made by prospectors in 1900. 

 Ellis; point, the northwestern point of entrance to Tebenkof bay, Kuiu island, , 



Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 



An Indian village here has been called Point Ellis village. 

 Ellsworth Cut; a narrow channel, in Sitka sound, separating Harris island from 



the Baranof shore. Named Ellsworths Cut by United States naval officers, 



in 1879, after Lieut. Henry G. Ellsworth, United States Marine Corps. 

 Elma; island, one of the Sannak group. So named by the Fish Commission in 1890. 

 Elovoi, cape; see Chiniak. 

 Elovoi, cape; see Spruce. 



