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Elovoi; island, one of the Necker group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named P^lovoi (spruce) l)y Vasilief in 1809. Variously called Spruce, 



Yelowoi, etc. 

 Elovoi; islet, opposite Hooniah sound, in Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Elovoi (spruce or fir) by Vasilief in 1833. Has also been written 



Yelowoi, Firtree, or Spruce island. See also Spruce. 

 Elovoi, strait; see Narrow. 

 Elonii viintrennie, cape; see Inner Spruce. 

 Elrington; point, the eastern point of entrance to Port Bainbridge, Prince William 



sound. Named by Vancouver in 1794. 

 Elsie; point, the easternmost point of Bell island, Behm canal, Alexander arciii- 



pelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Elson; l)ay, near Point Barrow. So named by Beechey in September, 1826, "in 



compliment to Master Thomas Elson," R. N., a member of his party. Its 



Eskimo name, according to English naval officers, is Tasuk. 

 Emgeten; island, in northeastern part of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Vasilief in 1809. Has been variously given as 



Emheleni, P^mgayten, etc. It has also been called Luce island. Origin 



or meaning of name not discovered. 

 Emheleni, island; see Emgeten. 

 Emilia; canyon, on Sanford river, near latitude 62° 30^. So named by Abercrombie 



in 1898. 

 Emily; island, in Duncan canal, Kupreanof island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Emily; peak, in eastern part of Mitkof island, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by Thomas in 1887. 

 Emma; cape, on the southern shore of Bennett island, Arctic ocean. At this point 



the shipwrecked crew of the United States arctic exploring steamer 



Jeanneltc landed, in 1881, and De Long named the cape after his wife. 

 Em.merich; mountain (6,940 feet high), about 6 miles west of Pyramid harbor, Lynn 



canal, southeast Alaska. So named by the Coast Survey in 1897. 

 Emmons; island, in Hooniah sound, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by the Coast Survey, in 1899, after Lieut. George Thornton Emmons, U. S. N. 

 Empalizada, Punta de la; see Palisade. 

 Empinado; cape, on the southeastern shore of Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales 



archipelago. Named Cabo Empinado (high cape) by Maurelle and 



Quadra in 1775-1779. Erroneously Etpinado. 

 Empty; island, one of the Kasiana group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Pustiia (empty) by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Emukpun. This Eskimo name appears on Ray's map of 1885 for some feature, per- 

 haps a lagoon near western end of Elson bay at Point Barrow, Arctic coast. 



Possibly an error for Emukpuk. 

 Ench.aiitm.ent; cape, on the northwestern shore of Russell fiord, Yakutat l)ay, 



southeastern Alaska. So named by Russell in 1891. 

 Endicott; arm, of Holkham bay, Stephens passage, southeastern Alaska. Named 



by Mansfield, in 1889, after Hon. William Crowninshield Endicott, then 



Secretary of War. 

 Endicott; lake, on the eastern border of ]\Iuir glacier. Named by Reid in 1890- 



1892. The valley was named ]Main by Muir, and by Reid changed to 



Endicott on account of improved knowledge of its relation to Endicott 



river. 

 Endicott; river, on the mainland, tributary to Lynn canal, from the west, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by United States naval officers in 1880, after 



Hon. William C. Endicott, Secretary of War. 



