Fir— FiB. 



174 [BULL. 187. 



Fir; island, lietween Ilput and Kanjru i>^lands, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelafro. 

 Named Sosnovoi (fir) by Vasilief in 1809. 



Fire; i.sland, near Knik (fire) arm, at head of Cook inlet. Name published by the 

 Geological Survey in 1895. Tt was named Turnagain, by Vancouver, in 

 1794. It is Mushukli of Russian Hydrographic chart 1378 and Fire 

 island of late chart.«. 



Fire; islet, in the northern end of Kashevarof passage, Clarence strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named l)y Snow in 1886. 



Fire; imint, the northern point of entrance to Saks cove, Belun canal, Alexander 

 archii)elago. Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Fired; point, on the southern shore of Norton sound, a few miles east of St. ^lichael. 

 Called Palenoi (fired) by Tebenkof, 1849. 



Fired, point; see Palonoi. 



J^(>.s/, glacier; see Popof. 



First; islet, in Sitka sound, near Whale island. Named Nachalnie (beginning) by 

 A'asilief in 1809. Descriptive term. 



First; narrows, in Eedfish bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. So called 

 by Moser in 1897. 



Fh\^t, point, Sitka sound ; see Shoals. 



First, rapid. Peril strait; see Northern. 



First Kekur; an isolated rock or rocky islet, on the western shore of Baranuf island, 

 Alexander archipelago. So called by the Russians. Also written Kekour. 

 See Kekur. 



Firtree, island; see Elovoi and Spruce. 



Fish; bay, indenting the northwestern shore of Baranof island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Rieba (fish) by the Russians, and variously called Rubia,- 

 Ribnaia, Fisch and Fishing and designated as bay or gulf. 



Fish; iTeek, on Revillagigedo island, flowing into Tongass narrows. Name proba- 

 bly adopted l)y the Coast Survey from the pilots and published in 1883. 



Fish; creek, tributary to Chandlar river, from the east, near latitude 08°. Local 

 name from Schrader in 1899. 



Fish; creek, tributary to South fork of the Koyukuk, from the south, near longitude 

 151°. Prospectors' name, published in 1899. 



Fish; island, in the Koyukuk river, near longitude 151°. So named ])y Allen 

 in 1885. 



Fish; islet, in Felice strait, southeast of Annette island, Gravina group, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named l)y Nichols in 1883. 



Fish; mountain, in the southwestern part of Revillagigedo island, near Tongass nar- 

 rows, Alexander arcliipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Fish; point, on the mainland, on eastern shore of Behm canal, the northern point 

 of entrance to Chickamin river. So named by the Coast Survey- in 1891. 



Fish; ]ioint, the northern point of entrance to Fish bay, in Peril strait, on the north- 

 western shore of Baranof island. Named Riebnie (fish) by the Russians. 



Fish; river, in Seward peninsula, which late maps show as one of the eastern afflu- 

 ents of tiie Niukluk. What is here regarded as the Niukluk bore the 

 name Fish on most maps from 1809 till quite recently. Named Ijy the 

 Western Union Telegraph Exjiedition, 1865-1867. Its Eskimo name was 

 reported by the Russians as Ikeuti)ak and l)y the Telegraph Expedition 

 as Icathliuk. See also Eaton. 



Fish; rock, in Iliuliuk harbor. Captains bay, Unalaska. So named by Dall in 1871. 



Fish Egg; islets, in San Alberto bay, Bucareli bay, Alexander archipelago. North- 

 east of San Juan Bautista island about 1 mile, according to Nichols (Coast 

 Pilot, 1891, p. 121), is a wooded rocky islet, named by Maurelle and 

 Quadra, in 1779, La Balandra (the sloop). Somewhat more than a mile 



