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Mdnlnlik, rrcck; see Mentalik. 



Manzanita; island, in liehni canal, northwest from the entrance io Rudyei'd bay. 

 So named l)y the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Manzanita; peak (:^,!t59 feet high), in the eastern part of Mitkof island, Alexander 

 archipi'lago. So named by Thomas in 1887. 



Maple ; jioint, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 1S68. 



Marabilla; island and point, in Gulf of Esquibel, Prince of Wales archii)elago. 

 Named Ysla y Punta de la Marabilla ])y ISIaurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Marble ; islet, in the southern i>art of AtHeck cailal, Kuiu island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Snow, in 1886, "from its formation." 



Marble ; two small bare islets, in Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. So called 1)y 

 the Coast Survey, in 1883, on account of the- rocks of which they are 

 composed. 



Marble BluflFs; locality on the western shore of Admiralty island, Chatham strait, 

 Alexander archipelago. Descriptive name of local origin, published by 

 the Coast Survey in 1883. 



Maria; point, the northern point of entrance to Port Asumcion, Bucareli bay, Prince 

 of Wales archipelago. Named Punta de Maria Josefa by Maurelle and 

 Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Maria Louisa, river; see Kun. 



Mariner; creek, tributary to Canyon creek, from the west, in the Fortymile mining 

 region. Local name, obtained by Barnard in 1898. 



Marion; creek, tributary to American creek, from the east, in the Eagle mining 

 regioi. Local name, obtained by Barnard in 1898. 



Marion; creek, tributary to Middle fork of the Koyukuk, from the east, near longi- 

 tude 150°. Prospectors' name, reported by Schrader in 1899. 



Marmion; island, at junction of Gastineau channel and Stephens passage, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Dall in the Coast Pilot, 1883. 



Marmot; bay, between Afognak and Kodiak. It was named Whitsuntide by Cook 

 in 1778. Called Evershichie (marmot) by Tebenkof, 1849. The word 

 Evrashka comes from Siberia. Kotzebue says (I, 229): "An animal in 

 many respects similar to the squirrel; but it is much larger and lives in 

 the earth; it is called in Siberia Gewraschka. The Americans (in Kotze- 

 bue sound) call it Tschikschi." Chi-gik', according to Nelson, is the 

 Eskimo name of Parry's spermophile, so thatChigik and Tschikschi seem 

 to be two renderings of the same Eskimo word. Veniaminof gives the 

 Koloshian name of Evrashka as Tsalk and the Aleut name as Uhiik. 



Marmot; island, east of Afognak island, Kodiak group. Named Evrashichie (mar- 

 mot) by the early Russians. It is St. Hermogenes of Billings, about 1790, 

 and of Galiano, 1802. "The only land animals (on this island) are the 

 foxes and myriads of ground squirrels (spermophilus) upon which the 

 foxes prey for their subsistence. These rodents are called yevrashka in 

 Russian. This word our map makers erroneously translated marmot, and 

 thus misnamed the island." (Eleventh Census, p. 73.) 



Marmot; river, tributary to Portland canal, from the east, near its head. So named 

 by Pender in 1868. 



Marmot; strait, between Marmot and Afognak islands. Named Evrashichichie 

 (marmot) by the Russians in 1849. 



Muwonilch; old village site, on north shore of St. Paul island, Pribilof group, Ber- 

 ing sea. Name from Elliott, 1873-74, who says: "Site of a pioneer village, 

 established by one Maroon." 



Marr; ])utte (3,000 feet high), near junction of the Delta and Tanana rivers. So 

 named by Glenn, in 1898, after Private Marr, a member of his party. 



