BAKER.] 203 Hes-Hlg. 



Hesketh; island, on the southern shore of Kachemak bay, Cook inlet. Named by 

 Dall, in 1880, after Sir Thomas Hesketh, who in his yacht, the Lancashire 

 Witch, visited Cook inlet that year. 

 Hess; creek, tributary to the Yukon, from the east, near Ramjiart city. Raymond, 

 1869, calls it Yokuchargut (Yoku-kakat) or Whymper. Dall calls it 

 Yukutzchiirkat, and says Captain Ketchum called it Whymper, after his 

 Mend and companion. On recent maps called Hess creek. 

 Hessa; inlet, in Prince of Wales island, opening into Cordova bay, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1899. 

 Hetta; inlet and lake, in the southwestern part of Prince of Wales island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1899. 

 Hey; point, on the northern shore of Controller bay. Gulf of Alaska. Named by 



Vancouver in 1794. Erroneously Hery.. 

 Hibaliibgik; pinnacle rock, off Scotch Cap, in Unimak pass. Native name from 



Veniaminof. Lutke calls it Ounga. 

 Hicks; creek, tributary to the Matanuska river, from the north, near latitude 62°. 

 So named by Glenn, in 1898, after H. H. Hicks, guide of his expedition. 

 Hicks; point, on Mitkof island, Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 by Meade, in 1869, after a Mr. Hicks, pilot and trader of the Hudson Bay 

 Company, who piloted the U. S. S. Saginmv on her first trip in Alaskan 

 waters in 1868-69. 

 Hid; reef, in Nichols passage, off Canoe cove, western side Annette island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Hidden; glacier, tributary to Russell fiord, from the east, near Yakutat bay, south- 

 -eastern Alaska.* So named by Russell, in 1891, who only obtained glimpses 

 of it as he passed. 

 Hidden; inlet, in the mainland north of Pearse island, southeastern Alaska. 



Descriptive name, given by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Hidden; island, at the northern entrance to Dry strait, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Hiesman; point, on the southwestern shore of Chichagof island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So called by Tebenkof in 1849. Erroneously Heesman and Heis- 

 man. 

 Higgins; point, the westernmost point of Revillagigedo island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by Vancouver, in 1793, after ' ' Senr. Higgins de Vallenar, 

 President of Chili." Higgins was an Irishman from Ballenagh, Ireland, 

 and spelled his name O' Higgins. 

 High; island, between Korovin and Popof islands, Shumagin group. Named 

 Viesokoi (high) by Tebenkof, 1849. Has also been written Vesoki and 

 Visokoi. 

 High; island, in the entrance to Kasaan bay, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Dall in 1880. 

 High; island, in the entrance to W^omens bay, Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named 



Viesokoi (high) by Russian naval officers in 1808-1810. 

 High; island, one of the ^Valrus island group, in northern part of Bristol bay. So 

 called by the Fish Commission in 1890. Apparently identical with 

 Ingekvak of Sarichef in 1826. 

 ■ High; islet, near Kita island, in Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Viesokoi (high) by Vasilief in 1809. 

 High; mountain (2,540 feet high), in California ridge, Gravina island, Alexander 



archipelago. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1886. 

 High; mountain, in Peninsula ridge, on the mainland, east of ReviUagigtdo chan- 

 nel, southeastern Alaska. So named by Nichols m 1883. 



