BAKEK.] 269 Lit— Lorn. 



Little Tanaga; island, east of Adak island, Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. 

 Called Tannak on Russian Hydrographic chart 1400, edition of 1848; 

 Tanaga by Tebenkof, in 1849, and Little Tanaga by the United States 

 North Pacific Exploring Expedition, 1855, doubtless to distinguish it 

 from the larger Tanaga island, about 70 miles west of this one. Native 

 name. 



Lituya; l)ay, in southern part of the St. Elias alps, southeastern Alaska. This name 

 is of Indian origin and was obtained and used by the Russians. The 

 Indian word is thought by Dall to be H'lit-tu-yiih, accented on the la.st 

 syllable. Lisianski, in 1805, wrote it L'tooa bay, and Tebenkof writes it 

 Ltua. Russian Hydrographic chart 1378 has Altua bay or Port Frantsuy.of. 

 Out of these has come Ltuya, Alituya, Altona, and Lina. La Perouse 

 surveyed the bay, in 1786, and named it Port des Franyais and to the whale- 

 man it has been known as Frenchman's bay. The name Skecter has also 

 been applied to it under a misapprehension. 



Lituya; mountain (11,832 feet high), in the Fairweather range, .southeastern Alaska. 

 Name published by Tebenkof in 1849. 



Lively; group of islands, in Tlevak strait, near Tlevak narrows, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Dall, in 1882, after the steam launch of the Hassler. 

 Sheldon Jackson has called this group Voorhees isles. 



Lively; sunken rock, in Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by Nichols, in 1883, after the Hassler' s steam launch Lirehj. 



Livingston; creek, tributary to Feather river, from the east, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



Lizard; point on the southeastern shore of Pearse island, Portland inlet. So named 

 by Pender in 1868. Erroneously Lizzard. 



Loaf; ridge of mountains (2,200 feet high), on the mainland, northeast of Dixon 

 entrance. So called by Nichols in 1883. 



Lockwood; peak (3,510 feet high) in the northeastern part of Kupreanof island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after Lieut. James 

 Booth Lockwood, V. S. A., who perished at Cape Sabine in 1883. 



Lockwood; point, on "Woewodski island, Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Meade in 1869. It was called Poverotni (turning) by 

 Lindenberg in 1838. 



Lnde; point, on the right bank of the Chilkat river, near its mouth. Named Zhila 

 {lode, also hiU) by Lindenberg in 1838. The name is obsolete. 



Lofka; hut, of an Indian named Lofka, where the earliest American travelers on 

 the Yukon used to spend a night. Called Lofka, Lofka's and Lofka's 

 barrabora (hut). It was on the right bank of the Yukon and due east 

 from St. Michael. 



Log; ])oint, on Liesnoi island, Woewodski harbor, Frederick sound, Alexander 

 ari'hipelago. So named by ^Mansfield in 1889. 



Logan; mountain (19,539 feet high), in the St. Elias region. So named ])y Russell, 

 in 1890, in honor of Sir William Edniond Logan, "founder and long direc- 

 tor of the Geological Survey of Canada." The name has been adopted by 

 the Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 



Logan; point, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 1868. 



I.'ilitimioi, point; see Glacier. 



L'llitiiinoi, sound; see Cross. 



Lomas; cape, on the western shore of Port Caldera, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales 

 archipelago. Named Cabo de las Lomas (cape of the hillocks) by Mau- 

 relle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Lomavik; Eskimo village, on the left bank of the lower Kuskokwim. Name from 

 Nelson, 1879, who wrote it Lomavigamute, i. e., Lomavik people. 



