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I^ak— lias. 



Lake Bay; i?mall fishing village, on the northeastern shore of Prince of Wales island, 

 Alexander archipelago). It is near Stevenson island, in Kashevarof pas- 

 sage. So called in the Eleventh Census, 1890. 



Lakina; river, tributary to the Chitina river, from the north, near longitude 143°. 

 Native name, from Rohn, 1899, who wrote it Lachina. Pronounced 

 Liik-i-nu. 



Lancashire; rocks, on the southern shore of Kachemak bay. Cook inlet. Named 

 by Dall, in 1880, after the Knglish yacht Lanatnldrc Witch (Sir Thomas 

 Hesketh, owner), which visited Cook inlet that year. 



Landlocked; bay, on the northeastern shore of Prince William sou7id. Local 

 descriptive name, published, in 1898, by the Geological Survey. 



Landmark; conspicuous gai> in the foothills of the Alaskan mountains, near the 

 head of Delta river, longitude 146°. Descriptive name, by Mendenhall, of 

 the Geological Survey, in 1898. 



Landslip; jjoint, on the western shore of Portland canal, near its head. Descrijnive 

 name, given by Pender in 1868. 



Lane; islet, in Danger passage, l)etween Mary and Duke islands, Gravina group, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



L<iuiii, caiH'; see Lapin. 



La Perouse; glacier, in the southern part of the St. Elias alps. So named by Dall, 

 in 1874, after J. F. G. de La Perouse. 



La Perouse; mountain (10,740 feet high), in southern part of the St. Elias a]i)S. 

 S(^ named by Dall, in 1874, after Jean Francois de Galaup de la Perouse, the 

 celebrated and unfortunate French navigator, who explored this coast in 

 1786. 



Lapin; cape, forming the eastern head of Urilia bay, on northern shore of Unimak, 

 eastern Aleutians. Tebenkof called this Lanin, Init it has usually ))een 

 written on American charts Lapin. Capt. Ivan Savich Lapin was a fur 

 trader in this region, in 1 762, and is an authority on the early history of the 

 Aleutian islands. Perhaps the name Lanin is derived from the Russian 

 word Ian (deer). On most modern charts the name is misplaced, being 

 applied to Mordvinof and Cave. 



Larch; bay, near the south end of Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Listvinichnaia (larch) by the Russians. 



Large; island, in Nazan bay, Atka, middle Aleutians. Named Bolshoi (large) 

 by the Russians. Erroneously Bomchoi. 



Large, Isle du; see Navy. 



Larger or (treat Am), W^hale bay; see Great arm. 



Larraiila, islet or reef; see Larzatita. 



Larsen; bay. indenting the western shore of Uyak bay, on nortiiern shore of 

 Kodiak. So called in the Eleventh Census, 1890. IVIoser, 1899, has 

 Larsen (Uyak) bay. 



Larzatita; islet or reef, in San Christoval channel, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales 

 archipelago, called by Maurelleand Quadra, in 1775-1779, Larzatita, accord- 

 ing to the English edition of plate 26 in the plates accompanying La 

 Perouse's voyage. On the old Russian copy of this it is Larratita. 



Las Aniinax, island and point; see Animas. 



Lascano; islands. This name appears to have l>een api)lied by the Spaniards, in 

 1788, to some of the islets in Unimak pass. 



Las Puercas, islets; see Sows (The). 



Las Ranas, islets and rocks; see Frogs (The). 



Last; cape, on the northern shore of Afognak bay, near mouth of .\fognak river. 

 Named Krainie (the very last) by Murashef in 183!»-40. Near l)y he lias 

 Posliedni (last) cape. 



