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McDoel; pi-ak {(J.OUO feet lii^'h), ni-ar lu-adwattTj^ of the Ku.Mkokwiin river, in lati- 



tiule 62°. So named l)y Po!:*t of the Geological Survey in 1898. 

 \[,l)n,i'il,l, bay; sec Yes. 

 McDonald; c-reek, tributary to Nome river, from tlie nortli, near its month. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 McDonald; islands, opposite the north end of Wrangell strait, in Frederick gound, 



Alexander archipelago. Named by Thomas, in 1887, after Ensign Jolui 



Daniel McDonald, U. S. N., a member of his party. 

 McDonough; peak (2,873 feet high), in southeastern part of Douglas island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1893. 

 McFarland; group of islands, on the eastern shore of Tlevak strait, north of Dunbar 



inlet, Alexander archipelago. Named by Dall, in 1882, after Mrs. A. R. 



McFarland, a missionary and teacher, who began work in Alaska in 1877. j 



Sheldon Jackson has named them Hill islets. 

 McFarland, islet; see Village. I 



McFarland; point, on Dall island, opposite Howkan village, Cordova bay, Alexander 



archipelago. Named by Sheldon Jackson, after Mrs. A. K. McFarland, a , 



missionary and teacher, who began work in Alaska in 1877. j 



McGrath; mountain (6,179 feet high), on the mainland, on north side of Iskoot i 



river. So named l)y the Coast Survey, after Assistant John Edward I 



McGrath. j 



McHenry; anchorage, in Etolin island, opening into Clarence strait, Alexander 



archipelago. Named by Snow, in 1886, after John McHenry, a member of 



his party. t 



McHenry; inlet, in Etolin island, opening into Clarence strait, Alexander archi- j 



pelago. Named by Snow, in 1886, after John McHenry, a member of his ; 



party. 

 McHenry; sunken ledge, at entrance to Union bay, Cleveland peninsula, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Clover in 1885. 

 McKinley; creek, in the Porcupine gold district. Prospectors' name published in 



1900. 

 McKinley; lake, just north of or in edge of delta of the Copper river, 3 miles north i; 



of Alaganik. Local name, from Gerdine, 1900. f 



McKinley; mountain (20,464 feet high), near the headwaters of Kuskokwim river. 



Name published by the Coast Survey in 1897. Also called Bulshaia. a 



corruption of the Russian word for big. It was named McKinley l)y a i 



prospector, Dickey, who published an account of it in the New York Sun, 



January 24, 1897. 

 McLean; arm, indenting the southeastern shore of Prince of Wales island, about 6 



miles north of Cape Chacon. Named by Clover, in 1885, after Ensign 



Walter McLean, U. S. N., a member of his party. 

 Mrljcllan, rock; see McClellan. 

 MrXair, island; see Grand. 

 McNairy; point, the south point of entrance to Steamboat bay, Frederick sound, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Thomas in 1887. 

 MrFlier.sim; point, not shown on any map and not identified, on the Arctic coast 



somewhere east of Point Barrow. Named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, 



after M. McPherson. 

 McQuesleii, island; see Huggins. 

 McTavish; point, on the western shore of Dease inlet, Arctic coast. Name from I 



British Admiralty chart 593 (1830-1882). 

 Macartney; point, the northeastern point of entrance to Keku strait, Knpreanof 

 island, Alexander archipelago. So named l)y Vancouver in 1794. 



