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Hose; jxiint, <>m tlic iiiainlaiid, tlie north point of entrance to Fitzgibbon cove, 

 Hi'lim canal, ^i()utheaste^l Alaska. Named l)y the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Hostage; point, in AVrangell harbor, Alexander archii)elago. Named Anianat 

 (hostajre) by Zareml)0 in 1834. Zarembo's sketch was jmblished on Rus- 

 .<iaii Ilydrographic chart 1396 in 1848. Called Amanat point on United 

 Stat»'s Hydrographic chart 225. 



Hot; springs, on Hot Springs bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Name from 

 the Russians. 



Hot; springs, 20 miles northwest of Katmai, Alaska peninsula. Rei)orted by Spurr 

 and Post, of the Geological Survey, in 1898. 



Hotham; inlet, east of Kotzebue sound, Arctic ocean. Named by Beecliey, in 1826, 

 "in comi)liment to the lion. Sir Henry Hotham, K. C. B., one of the 

 lords of the Admiralty." 



Hot Springs; small bay, near Sitka sound, on the western shore of Baranof island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named Kluchef or Kluchevoi (hot .spring) by 

 Vasilief, in 1809, on account of the warm* springs there. On British 

 Admiralty chart 2337 this name, called Klucher and translated Marsh, is 

 applied to the southwest end of Deep lake, and from this we have, on 

 Coast Survey chart 8240 (ed. of 1898), one end of Deep lake named Marsh 

 bay. 



Hotspur; island, betM'een Annette and Duke islands, Gravina group, Alexander 

 archipelago. Presumal)ly so named by local pilots. 



IfiiiicJoiou, archipelago; see Kootznahoo. 



Houghton; jiort, indenting the mainland, Frederick sound, southeastern Alaska. 

 So named by Vancouver in 1794. 



Hound; island, in the northern part of Keku strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Moore in 1892. Erroneously Round island. 



Hourigan; point, the southern point of entrance to Band cove, Kuiu island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Glass in 1881. | 



House; island, in Revillagigedo channel, between Foggy bay and Boca de Quadra, ' 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



House; mountain, in California ridge, Graviiui island, Alexander archipelago. So I 

 named by Nichols in 1883. ; 



House; mountain, on left bank of the Matanuska river, alwut 35 miles from Knik j 

 arm of Cook inlet. Local name, published in 1899. 



House; peak (6,001 feet high), on the mainland, east of Frederick sound, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named-by Thomas in 1887. i 



Howard; mountain (2,340 feet high), northwest of Port McArthur, Kuiu island, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Helm in 1886. 



Howard; point, on the mainland, near south end of Lynn canal, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by Mansfield, in 1890, after Ensign A^'illiam Lanriston i 

 Howard, II. S. N., a member of his party. 



Howe; j.oint, on the southern shore of Mitkof island, Sumner strait, Alexander j 

 archiijclago. Named by Vancouver in 1793. Erroneously Hove. 



Howkan; narrow strait, l)etween Dall island and Long island, west of Cordova bay, 

 Dixon entrance. The narrcjwest part of the strait is called Howkan nar- 

 rows. Has been written Howcan. Native word, published by the C'oast 

 Survey in 188:". 



Howkan; reef, in HoMkau narrows, iimucdiately in front of Howkan village. 

 Named l)y Nichols in 1881. Has also been written How-kan. 



Howkan; village of llaida Indians on Long island, Tongass narrows, Cordova l)ay, 

 Alexander archipelago. At this village is the Jackson (Presbyterian) 

 mi.ssion and also the post-office Jackson. 



