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Flaw; point, in Mole harbor, Seymour canal, Admiralty island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 

 Flaxman; island, on the Arctic coast, near Camden bay, east of Point Harrow. So 



named by Franklin, in 1826 (p. 151), "in honour of the late eminent 



sculptor. ' ' 

 Fleece; rock, about 12 feet above high water, in Dixon entrancie, ni'ar ( 'ape Fox. So 



named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Flemming-; island, in the southwestern part of Prince William sound. So called by 



Schrader in 1900. 

 Flock; rock, in Farragut bay, Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. So named 



by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Flood; glacier, on the western bank of the Stikine, near the international Ixuindary. 



So called by the Coast Survey. 

 Floral; hills and pass, between Hayden and Lucia glaciers, St. Elias alps, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So called by Russell, in 1890, "on account of the 



luxuriance of the vegetation covering them." 

 Florence; bar, on the Koyukuk river, near longitude 154". Prospectors' name, given 



in 1899. 

 Florence; cape, on the northwestern coast of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. So 



named by Berry in 1881. 

 Florence; creek, tributary to Eldorado river, from the west, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Flores; Canal de; see Shelikof. 

 Flores; cape, the eastern point of entrance to Port Refugio, in Bucareli bay. Prince of 



Wales archipelago. Named Cabo de Flores (cape of flowers) by Maurelle 



and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Flusser; peak, on the mainland, east of Frederick sound, southeastern Alaska. So 



named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Foggy; bay, indenting the mainland, in the southern part of Revillagigedo channel, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey, in 1883, or earlier. 

 Foggy; cape, the eastern end of Sutwik island, Alaska jieninsula, near theSemidis. 



Named by Cook in 1778. Exact locality of Cook's Foggy cape uncertain, 



as might be guessed from the weather conditions prevailing when it was 



named. Lutke identifies it with Cape Kumliun, which see. Lutke also 



calls it Brumeux. 

 Foggy; island, between Camden bay and Colville river, Arctic coast. So named by 



Franklin, in 1826, who describes (p. 155) "the propriety of designating 



this dreary place by the name of Foggy Island." 

 Foggy, island; see Andronica. 

 Foggy; islands; see Semidi islands. Vancouver thought Chirikof island was the 



"Foggy island of Beering." But Cook applied the name Foggy to the 



present Semidi group and Vancouver named Chirikof (Tscherikow) , after 



Bering's companion. 

 Foggy, islet; see Poa. 

 Foggy; point, on the mainland, in Revillagigedo channel, the south point of entrance 



to Foggy bay. So named by Vancouver in 1793. The Russians called it 



Foggy or Brumez (Tumannie). On some charts it is Point Brumez. 

 Foggy; point, on the western shore of Portland canal, southeastern Alaska. 



Apparently so named by the British Admiralty in 1890. 

 Foggy Island; bay, between Camden and Harrison bays, Arctic coast. So named 



by Dease and Simpson in 1837. 

 Fogniak, island; see Afognak. 

 Fohlin; creek, tributary to Lakina creek, from the north. So named by Rohn in 



1899, after a member of his party. 



