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Har— Hat. 



Harris; point, the northern point of entrance to Port Mahnesbury, Knin island, 

 Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 

 1794. By transcription into Russian letters, an error in lettering, and a 

 retranscription into English, this has appeared on some charts as Gams. 



Harrisburg, city, harbor, etc. ; see Juneau. 



Harrison; bay, on the Arctic coast, near mouth of Colville river, east of Point Bar- 

 row. So named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, in honor of the deputy 

 governor of the Hudson Bay Company. 



Harrison; mountain (6,955 feet high), on the mainland, near Holkham l)ay, 

 Stephens passage, Alexander archipelago. So named by Mansfield, in 

 1889, after President Benjamin Harrison. 



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

 called by the Coast Survey. This is Leading point of British Admiralty 

 chart 2431 (1865-1888). 



Harrison, river; see Alsek. 



Harry Saddle; mountain (2,086 feet high), just north of Cape Fox, Dixon entrance. 

 Apparently so named by Meade in 1869. 



Hartford; range of mountains, on the mainland, north of Farragut l)ay, southeast- 

 ern Alaska. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after Admiral Farragut' s flag- 

 ship. 



Hartman; river, tributary to the headwaters of the Kuskokwim river. So named 

 .by Spurr, in 1898, after George Hartman, a member of his party. 



Hartt; point, on Dall island, Howkan strait, Cordova bay, Alexander archijjelago. 

 So named by Sheldon Jackson, in 1880. 



Harvard; glacier, tributary to the head of College fiord. Port Wells, Prince William 

 sound. So named by the Harriman Expedition in 1899. 



Harvester; island, near or in Uyak anchorage, Uyakbay, northern coast of Kodiak. 

 So named after the bark Harvester and name pu]:)lishe(l in 1899. 



Hassler; harbor, indenting the northeastern shore of Annette island, Revillagigedo 

 channel, Alexander archipelago. Surveyed, and named, by Nichols in the 

 Coast Survey steamer Hassler, in 1882. 



Hassler; island, in Behm canal, on the northwestern shore of Revillagigedo island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey, in 1891, after its 

 surveying steamer Hassler. 



Hassler, island. It was supposed, in 1882, that Carroll inlet or arm extended 

 entirely across Revillagigedo island, cutting it in two. The soutliern part 

 was then named Hassler. The name is, however, inapplicable, there being 

 no such island. 



Hassler; passage, separating Hassler island from Revillagigedo island, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Hassler; point, the northern point of entrance to North bay, Tlcvak strait, Dall 

 island, Alexander archipelago. Named by Dall, in 1882, after the Coast 

 Survey steamer Hassler, which was in this vicinity on a surveying cruise 

 in 1881. 



Hassler; reef (10 feet out at low water), 5 miles south of the Percy islands and in 

 the southern entrance to Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 after the Coast Survey steamer Hassler by Nichols, in 1883, who says (Coast, 

 Pilot, p. 74), "probably identical with Brundige Rock." And again (p. 

 85), "This is without doubt the reef reported by Captain Brundige, though 

 his bearings would not so confirm it." See Brundige. 



Hastings; creek, debouching near Cape Nome, in the Cape Nome mining region, 

 Seward peninsula. Local name published in 1900. 



Hat; mountain, on Wales island, Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 

 1888. 



