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Gates; ^'lacier, an arm of Kennioott >;lacier, on tho southern flank of ]\Ionnt Regal. 

 So named by S(;hrailer, in 1899, after INIr. Gates, a sojourner in the vicinity. 



Oaug-e; ishiinl, near the middle of Funter bay, Admiralty island, Alexander archi- 

 jtelago. So named by Mansfield in 1890. 



Gavaiiski, islet; see Little Cravanski. 



(iiintiishl, peak; see Har])or. 



Gavanski; two islands (Big and Little Gavanski), immediately in front of Old 

 Sitka harl)or, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named Gavanski 

 (harbor) by the earliest Russian visitors. 



Cnntnxki Jinlslioi; see Big ( Javanski. 



Gawanka; brook, draining from a lake into C'hichagof harbor, Attn island, western 

 Aleutians. So called by Grewingk, 1850. 



Gechiak; creek, tributary to the Togiak river, from the west, a few miles above its- 

 mouth. Native name obtained by Spurr and Post in 1898. An Eskimo 

 village at its mouth is called Gechiagamut, i. e., Gechiak people. 



Gedney; island, in the northwestern part of Behm canal, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by the Coast Survey, in 1891, after one of its vessels. 



Gedney; passage, between Hassler and Revillagigedo island, in Behm canal, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Gi'garkd, rocks; see Arre. 



Geese; islands, off the southwestern end of Kodiak. Early Russian maps have the 

 native name Anaiaktak and Anaiaktalik. Archimandritof, in 1849, has 

 Gusinaia (goose). Petrof, in 1880, calls it Goose island, and shows a native 

 settlement upon it called Aiakhatalik. Now usually called Geese islands. 

 According to the Eleventh Census they were called Geese islands by the 

 Russians under Solovief in 1762. This must be an error, as the first visit 

 of Russians to Kodiak was in 1763, under Glotof. 



Geike; glacier and inlet, on the western shore of Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. 

 Names from Muir and Reid, published in Appleton's Guide, 1893. Named 

 after Sir Archibald Geike. 



Geiss^en. The Krause brothers, in 1882, report this to be the native name of a hill 

 just back of Gan-te-gas-tak-heh village, at head of Chilkat inlet, south- 

 eastern Alaska. 



Gelch. The Krause l)rothers, in 1882, report this to be the native name of a liill 

 between the heads of Chilkat and Chilkoot inlets, southeastern Alaska. 



Gem; ])oint, the eastern point of entrance to Snug cove, Gambier bay. Admiralty 

 island, Alexander archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



GeriH de Large, lake and river; see Chandlar. 



Gens des Bidtes, river; see Tanana. 



Gninvrnn, island; see Seguam. 



George; arm, in the southern shore of Revillagigedo island, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named George arm or inlet by the Coast Survey, in 1880, after pilot W. E. 

 George, to whom is due the first sketch of Revillagigedo channel and Ton- 

 gass narrows. 



George; island, in entrance to Port Althorp, Cross sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Dall in 1880. 



George; mountains (3,225 feet high), east of Portland canal and west of Hastings 

 arm, British Columbia. Perhaps so named by Pender in 1868. 



George; reef, near Skowl point, in Kasaan bay. Prince of Wales island, Alexander 

 archipelago. Apparently so named by the Coast Survey, in 1883, after 

 pilot W. E. George. 



George; rock ((!Overed at spring tide), off the western end of Douglas island,, 

 Stephens passage, Alexander archipelago. So named ])y Beardslee, iii 

 1880, i)resumably after pilot W. E. George. 



George SlmjixDu, capi-; see Simpson. 



