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Farmi'r. A cape in Dixon enti-ance was so named by Douglas in 1789. Identity 



doubtful and name obsolete. 

 Farrag-ut; ])ay, on the northern shore of Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named by Thomas, in bS87, after Admiral David (ilascoe Farragut, U. 8. N. 

 Fassett; island, in Albatross ani'horage, Portage bay, Alaska peninsula. So named 



by the Fish Commission in Septemljer, 1893. 

 Fassett; islet, in Sitka sound, one of the Kutchuma group. Named by Beardslee, in 



1880, presumably after sailmaker Thomas O. Fassett, U. S. N. Has been 



erroneously written Fasseet and Fasset. 

 Fatig-ue; bay, between Smith bay and Dease inlet, on the Arctic coast, east of I'uint 



Barrow. So named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, in memory of their 



tedious and fatiguing walk around it. 

 Fault; mountain, on headwaters of the Koyukuk river, near latitude 68°. So 



named V)y Schrader, in 1898. 

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



in 1890, after Ensign William H. Faust, U. S. N., a member of his party. 

 Faust; sunken rock, in Saginaw channel, Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. 



Discovered and named by Mansfield, in 1890, after Ensign William Harry 



Faust, U. S. N., a membei' of his party. 

 Faustino; point, on the northwestern shore of San Juan Bautista island, Bucareli 



bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Punta de San Faustino by 



Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Favor; peak, in extreme eastern part of Mitkof island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Favorite; anchorage, in Deadman reach, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by United States naval officers, in 1880, after the little steamer 



Favorite, belonging to the Northwest Trading Company. 

 Favorite ; channel, at south end of Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. Named by 



United States naval officers, in 1880, after the steamer Favoriie, above. 



Also, erroneously, Favourite. 

 Favorite; glacier, on the western shore of Glacier bay. Named by Reid, in 1892, 



after " the little steamer Favorite, in which Captain Beardslee first entered 



Glacier bay in 1880." 

 Favorite; reef, in Saginaw channel, on the southwestern shore of Shelter island, 



Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey, in 1885, after the 



little trading steamer Favorite. 

 F wn; mountain (2,112 feet high), near the southern end of Revillagigedo island, 



Alexander archipelago. So nametl, in 1883, by Nichols. Buck and Doe 



mountains are near by. 

 Fawn; point, the southernmost point of Deer island, near Belkofski. So named by 



Dall in 1880. Called South cape by the Fish Commission in 1888. 

 Fawn; river, near Return reef, Arctic ocean. So named by Dease and Simpson in 



1837. 

 Feather; river, in the Cape Nome mining region, Seward peninsula, debouching a 



little north of Cape WooUey. Local name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Fee. One of the glacial streams emerging from the Malaspina glacier was called Fee 



river by the New York Times expedition of 1886. Seton Karr calls it Fee 



Springs. 

 Felice; strait, se]mrating Annette island from other islands south and east of it, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey, in 1883, after the 



Felice, one of Meares' ships, which visited this coast in 1788. Is also 



called Felice passage. 

 Felix; cape, the southeastern point of entrance to Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales 



archipelago. Named Cabo de San Feliz by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775- 



1779, and variously called Saint Felix point, Point Saint Feliz, etc. 



