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276 iK^'j-'" 187. 



Main, lake and valk-y; s-w Kiidifott. 



Major; cow, on the southeastern shore of Norton sound. Called Major's eove by 

 Dall, in lS(5(j, because it was the first point at which Major Kennicott 

 landi'd with liis party after setting out from St. Michael. 



Makak; Eskimo village, on the right bank of the Yukon, betwt'en Anvik and 

 Koserefski. Called Makka by Tikhnicnief in IStil. Raynumd, 18(59, 

 calls it Makagannite, i. e., Makak jieople, and IVtrof, l.SSO, Makeynmte. 

 Population in IS.SO, 121. 



Makaka; point, the northwestern point of Hawkins island, Prince William sound. 

 Apparently a native name, reported by Abercrombie in 1898. 



MdLliiKik, rock; .see Black. 



Makhnati; islan<l, at southern entrance to western channel into Sitka harlxjr, 

 Sitka sound, Alexander archipelgo. Named Makhnatie (rough or shaggy) 

 by Vasilief in 1809. Has also been called Liesnoi (wooded) island. 



Makhnati; islet, in Whale bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Makhnatoi ( rough or shaggy) by the Russians. 



Makhnati; submerged rock, in Sitka sound, 2^ cables from a beacon on Makhnati 

 island. So nameil by the Coast Survey in 1883. Has also been called 

 Beacon rock. 



}f(iknashka, bay; see Sycamore. 



Maknashka, cape; see Rocky. 



Maknashkina, cape; see Miller. 



Mnkrornkoi, bay; see Pumicestone. 



Makushin; active volcano (5,631 feet high), on Unalaska, eastern Aleutians. Sari 

 chef, 1792, designates it as ognedieshuUliakt gora (burning mountain) 

 By Kotzebue, about 1825, it is called Makuschkin volcano. According tc 

 Grewingk, quoting Sarichef, its native name is Aigiigin, which appears 

 be from the Aleut word Aigak, big. Coxe writes it Ayaghish, and Ore 

 wingk, Ajiigisch. Postels, in 1835, called it Wesselow, i. e., Cheerful moim 

 tain. It is near Cape Cheerful. 



Makushin; bay, indenting the northwestern shore of Unalaska, eastern Aleutians 

 Presumably so called by Krenitzin and Levashef in 1768-69. Coxe, in hi 

 account of their voyage, published in 1780, has on an accompanying niaj 

 Makyshinskaia bay. Written Makushi, INIakushinskoi, etc. 



Makushin; cape, on the northern shore of Makushin ))ay, Unalaska. Callec 

 Makushi by Tebenkof, 1849. It is Makushin i)oint (but not .Alakushii 

 cape) of the Fish Conunission in 1888. 



Mitkualihi, cape; see Kovrizhka. 



Makushin; native village, on the northern shore of ]\Iakushin bay, Unalaska 

 Sarichef, 1792, shows this village, w'hich he calls Makushniskoe settle 

 ment. Lisianski, 1805, has Macooshino settlement. Veniaminof, 1831 

 says it was the headquarters of the Russian- American Comjiany's bidar- 

 shik or foreman and that it contained 6 huts (yourts) and 35 natives. 

 PojHdation in 1880, 62; in 1890, 51. 



Makushin; valley, l)eginning at Broad bay, in Captains l)ay, Unalaska, and strett'h- 

 ing inland. So called by Davidson in 1869. Uall called it (ilacier valley 

 in 187.3. 



Malaspina; glacier, on the flanks of the St. Elias alps, innnediately north of Yaku- 

 tat bay. This was named Malaspina plateau by Dall, in 1874, who did not 

 then get near enough to recognize its true character. In 1880, ho\vever, 

 it was approached nearer and its true c-haracter seen. Since that time it 

 has Vjeen called the Malaspina glacier. In 1886 the New York Times 

 expedition applied the names Agassiz and Great Agassiz, also Guyot and 

 Great Guyot, to glaciers now regarded as i>arts of this one. 



