Hal-Hal. 



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Halibut; covo, indenting the eastern shore of Kachemak bay, Cook inlet. Appar- 

 ently so named by Dall in 1880. 

 Hiilihiit, ishinil; see Sannak. 

 Halibut; point, 4 miles northwesterly from Sitka, Baranof island, Alexander arehi- 



jH'lafio. Named Paltus (halibnt) by Yasilief in 1809. Also written Pal- 



toose. Ihis also ])een ealled Pesehani (sandy). 

 Halibut; point, on the western shore of Portland canal', at entrance t(j Halibut l)ay. 



Name published by the Coast Survey. 

 Halibut; rock, l)are at low water, in the entrance to Port Frederick, Icy strait, 



Alexander arcliipelago. Name published in the Coast Pilot (1883, 



p. 191). 

 Haliknuk; river, tributary to the Chulitna river, from the east, in longitude 156° SO'. 



Eskimo name, obtained by Spurr and Post, in 1898, from A. Lind, a trader. 



It is pronounced Hal-fk-nook, and said to mean sudden or unexpected. 



Tikhmenief, 1861, calls it Agalitnak. 

 Halkett; cape, between Smith and Harrison bays, on the Arctic coast, east of Point 



Barrow. So named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, in compliment to one 



of the directors of the Hudson Bay Company. Has often been written 



Halket. 

 Ilalkin, island; see Raven. 

 Hall; cape, the north point of Hall island, Bering sea. So called by Tebenkof, 



1849, after Lieut. Robert Hall, who accompanied Billings and visited this 



locality in 1791. Has also been called North cape. 

 Hall; creek, tributary to Canyon creek, from the east, in the Fortymile mining 



region. Local name from Barnard in 1898. 

 Hall; island, near the southeastern shore of Big Koniuji island, Yukon harbcjr, 



Sliumagin group. So named by Dall, in 1874, after Captain Hall, sailing 



master of the Coast Survey schooner Humboldt, 1871-72. 

 Hall; island (1,500 feet high), off the western end of St. Matthew island, Bering 



sea. The early Russian hunters called this Morzhovoi (walrus), because 



they found these animals there. Lutke and Tebenkof follow this, Lutke 



writing Morjovi (aux morses) and Morjovy. Russian Hydrographic chart 



1427 calls it Sindsha, probably after its alleged Russian discoverer, Sind. 



Billings and Sarichef anchored between it and St. Matthew, July 14, 1791 



(o. s. ), and on American maps for the last thirty years it has borne the 



name Hall, presumably after Lieut. Robert Hall, who accompanied 



Billings. 

 Hall; peak (3,726 feet high), in the northern part of Kupreanof island, Alexander 



art'hipelago. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after Captain Charles Francis 



Hall, the distinguished Arctic explorer, who died November 8, 1871. 

 Hall; rapids, in the Yukon river, 25 miles above Anvik. Named Hall's Rapids ])y 



Raymond, in 1869, "in honor of Capt. Benjamin Hall, who first ])assed 



this point in a steamer." 

 Hall; rock, in the Kasiana group of islands, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Yasilief in 1809. 

 Halleck; harljor, in Saginaw bay, Kuiu island, Alexander archipelago. So named 



])y Meade in 1869, after Major-General Henry Wager Halleck, U. S. A. 

 Halleck; island, a little nortli of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Meade, in 1869, after General Halleck, U. S. A., then in 



command at Sitka. 

 Halleck; range of mountains (3,500 to 4,000 feet high), west of Portland canal. So 



named by Pender in 1868. 

 Hallet; valley and river, tributary to the head of Klutina lake. So named by 



Abercrombie, in 1898, after Private Hallet, a member of his party. Errone- 



ouslv Hallett. 



