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Fula; i><>iiit. (ui Suemez island, Bncareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. Named 

 I'luita de Fula 1)y Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Full; creek, tributary, from the north, to Tort Yaldes, Prince Williani ^ound. So 

 named by Abercronibie in 1898. 



Fulton; peak (8,252 feet high), on the mainland, northeast of Frederick sound, 

 southeastern Alaska. So named by Thomas, in 1887, after the distinguislied 

 engineer, Rol)ert Fulton. 



Funter; bay, in Admiralty island, near the south end of Lynn canal. Named by 

 Dall, in 188;>, after Capt. Robert Funter, one of the very early explorers 

 and surveyors of the northwest coast oi America. 



Fur Si'dl, islands ; see Pribilof. 



Gable; mountain (4,490 feet high), at the head of (ilacier l)ay, southeastern Alaska. 

 So named by Reid in 1892. 



Gagahjin, island; see Ugalgan. 



Gagara, rocks; see Arre. 



Gagarin, island; see Loon. 



Gain; island, in (Taml)ier bay. Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by IMansfield in 1889. Errpneously Cain. 



Gako; river, tributary to the Copper river from the west, near latitude 62° 30'. 

 Native name from Allen, 1885, who writes it Gakona, i. e., Gako river. 



Galankin; group of islands, between Eastern channel and Middle channel, Sitka 

 sound, Alexander archipelago. Name apparently first applied by Dall in 

 the Coast Pilot, 1883. About a dozen islands in the group have been 

 named, the largest of which are Galankin, Whale and Bamdoroshni. 



Galankin; island, the principal island in the Galankin group, Sitka sound, Alexan- 

 der archipelago. So called l)y Tebenkof in 1850. Was also called 

 Peschani (sandy) by Yasilief in 1809. Has also been called Thomjison 

 island by Beardslee, in 1880, after the then Secretary of the Navy. The 

 name is derived from Galanka, the Russian name of their brick stuve. 



Galena; bay, near Port Valdes, Prince William sound. Local name. "Supposed 

 to be named from the occurrence of galena on its shores. ' ' 



Galera; island, in Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. Named La Galera 

 (the gallery) by Maurelle and Quadra, in 1775-1779. 



Galiano; glacier, near the head of Yakutat bay. So named by Russell, in 1S91, 

 after Don Dionisio Alcala Galiano, tlie reputed writer of the rejx^rt on 

 Malaspina's voyage. 



Gambler; bay, in Admiralty island, Stephens i)assage, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Gambler; island, at entrance to Gambler bay, Stephens passage, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Gambler; point, the eastern point of entrance to Gambler bay, Stephens passage. 

 Alexander archiijelago. So named by Yancouver in 1794. 



Game; cove, near Marsden point. Admiralty island, near the north end of Chatham 

 strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by Baker, in 1880, on account of 

 the al)undan(!e of game there. 



Gannet; island, in Boca de Quadra, at the moutli of Yixen bay, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Giin-h'-ij(is-lak-hr]t; Indian village, consisting, in 1867, of 12 large houses and, in 1880, 

 of 16 houses and 171 people, at mouth of the Chilkat river, southeastern 

 Alaska. Yariously called Tondustek, Yendestaka, etc. The name obtained 

 by Baker, in 1880, from an Indian interpreter, was Gan-te-gas-tak-heh,' 

 meaning village on right bank of river. Beardslee, in 1880, has Tondustek; 

 Krause, 1882, Jendestaka, and the Eleventh Census, 1890, Hindasetukee. 



Gap; mountain (.'^>,400 feet high), (jn the mainland, west of the mouth of Portland 

 canal. I'resumablv so named bv Pender in 1868. 



