BAKKK.] 1^3 Fer— Fin. 



Ferebee; glac-ier, near the head of Lynn eanal, Alexander archipelago. Named by- 

 United States naval otticers, in 1880, after Surg. Nelson Macpherson Ferebee, 

 I'. S. N., who visited the region that year. According to Dr. A. Krause, 

 who visited the region in 1882, its native name is Dejahssankessit. 



Ferebee; rocks, in the Galankin group of islands, Sitka sound, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named by United States naval officers, in 1880, after Surg. Nelson 

 ^I. Ferebee, U. S. N. Erroneously Ferabee. 



Ferebee; valley, in which Ferebee glacier heads. Named by United States naval 

 officers in 1880. 



Ferguason, point; see Rocky. 



Ferrer; passage, the entrance to Disenchantment bay, from Yakutat l)ay. Variously 

 called entrance, inlet, passage, and strait. According to Tebenkof it is 

 said to have been so named by Malaspina, in 1791, after Ferrer Maldonado. 

 The name is obsolete. 



Fetkina; Eskimo village, in the Yukon delta. So called by Nelson, who visited it 

 in December, 1878. Population 30, in 1880. Origin of name not discovered. 



Fickett; river, of central Alaska, tributary to the Koyukuk, from the north, near 

 1( mgitude 150° . So named by Allen, in 1885, after Private Fred. W. Fickett, 

 U. S. A., a member of his party. Its native name, according to Allen, is 

 Ascheeshna, /. e., Ascheesh river. On recent charts called Oschesna and 

 Ochesna. 



Fidalgo; mountain, on the northern shore of Prince William sound. "Was called 

 Volcan de Fidalgo by the Spaniards, probably in 1790, the name being 

 published in 1802. 



Fidalgo; port, indenting the eastern shore of Prince William sound. So named by 

 Vancouver, in 1794, in honor of Seiior Don Salvador Fidalgo, who visited 

 this region in 1790. 



Fighting John; j^eak (5,078 feet high), on the mainland, east of Thomas bay, 

 southeastern Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. 



Figure Four; mountain (about 2,000 feet high), near shore of Bering sea, a little 

 north of Goodnews bay. Local name from missionary Romig and pub- 

 lished by the Geological Survey in 1898. 



File; point, the southeasternmost point of Liesnoi island, Frederick sound, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Fillmore; inlet, separating Fillmore island from the mainland, Dixon entrance. 

 Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. Has been erroneously called Nakat 

 inlet. 



Fillmore; island, west of Pearse island, Portland canal, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by the Coast Survey, in 1885, presumably after Ensign John Hudson 

 Fillmore,' U. S. N. 



Fillmore; peak (3,633 feet high), on the mainland, near Port Snettisham, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named by Thomas, in 1888, after President IMillard 

 Fillmore. 



Fillmore; rock, in Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 j by Nichols in 1883. 



! Finas, Bocas de; see Bocas de Finas. 



Finger; islets, in Sumner strait, off Ruins point, Kost-iusko peninsula, Prince of 

 Wales island. So called in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 101). 



Finger; lake, a few miles from the head of Knik arm of Cook inlet. Descriptive 

 name, given by Glenn in 1898. 



Finger; mountain, in the Moore range, Chichagof island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by the Coast Survey in 1899. 



Finger; point, on the western shore of Wrangell strait, Alexander arclii])elago. 

 Descriptive name, given by Nichols in 1881, 



