IIAKEK.] 265 lila—Iiig. 



Liakik; cape, forming the eastern point of entrance to Three Saints bay, Kodiak. 

 So called by Tebenkof, 1849. Perhaps from Liak, the Aleut name for the 

 Hack-footed goose. 



Liar; rock, the westernmost of the Eckholms group, Sitka sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Lgun (liar) by the Russians in 1809. Has also been 

 ca'"ed False rock. 



Liard; river, tributary to the Mackenzie, from the west. Has also been called 

 Mountain river. The above name, Liard, has been adopted by the Cana- 

 dian Board on Geographic Names. 



Libby; river, tributary to the headwaters of Niukluk river, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. Presumably so named after Daniel B. Li})l)y, 

 of the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, in 1866. 



Libbey; glacier, tributary to Agassiz glacier, St. Elias alps, southeastern Alaska. 

 Named by Topham, in 1888, after Prof. William Libbey, jr., of Princeton 

 college. Erroneously Libby. 



Liberty; fork, of O'Brien creek, in the Fortymile mining district. Local name, 

 obtained by Barnard in 1898. 



Lida; island, near the northeastern point of Sannak island, Sannak group. So called 

 by the Fish Commission in 1880. 



Lidrejann, bay; see Andrew. 



Liebigstag; river, tributary to the Copper river, from the east, near latitude 62°. So 

 called by Allen, in 1885, after an Indian chief living at or near its mouth. 

 Apparently identical with Chetaslina. 



Liesisfoi, islet; see Wooded. 



Lieskof; cape, on the northern shore of Alaska peninsula, northwest of Pavlof bay. 

 Named Lieskova ( Lieskof s) by Lutke, in 1828, after Lieut. Arcadie Lieskof, 

 I. N., a member of his party. Has 1)een written Leskoff, Lieskoff, Liskoff, 

 etc. Apparently identical with Garfield point of the Fish Commission in 



itesnoi, cape; see Wooded. 



Liesnoi; island, between Woewodski and Eliza harbors, Frederick sound, Alexander 

 archipelago. Named Liesnoi (woody) by Zarembo in 1838. 



Liesnoi; island, in Krestof harbor, Kruzof island, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Liesnoi (woody) by Vasilief in 1809. 



Liesnoi; island, northwest of Wrangell, in Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Liesnoi (woody) by the Rynda party in 1863. The island is low 

 and wooded. Has been printed erroneously Leisnoi. 



Liesnoi; island, one of the Necker group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Liesnoi (wooded) by Vasilief, in 1809, who has a North Liesnoi 

 and a South Liesnoi. Has also been erroneously written Lusnoi. 



Liesnoi, island; see INIakhnati. 



Liesnoi; islet, near Kruzof island, in entrance to Sitka sound, Alexander ar.-liipelago. 

 Named Liesnoi (woody) by Vasilief in 1809. 



Liesnoi; islet, near Southern rapids. Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. Namcxl 

 Liesnoi (woody) by Vasilief in 1833. Has also been written Lesnci. 



Liesnoi; shoal, near Southern rapids, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named bv Coghlan in 1884. 



Lietnik; cape, in Kizhuyak bay, north coast of Kodiak. Named Lietmka (sum- 

 mer village) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



Lietnik, cape, on the western shore of Afognak bay, Afognak island, Kodiak group. 

 Named Lietnika (summer village) by Murashef, 1839-40. 



Lievoiy cape; see Left. 



Lighter; creek, in Kootznahoo inlet. Admiralty island, Alexander anlnpelag. 

 named by Meade who, in 1869, opened a coal mine here. 



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