.liar— .^ay. 



9 SO [p.n.i,. 1S7. 



Martin- river, tributary to Copper river, Iroin tlie east, near its mouth. So named 

 by Aberorombie in 1898. 



Martin; rock, in Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander arehipelago. So named 

 by Nichols in 1883. 



Marvine; glacier, tributary to the Malaspina glacier, in the St. Elias aljis, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by Russell, in 1890, after the geologist Archibald 

 Robertson Marvine. 



Mar;/, bay; see Shelikof. 



Mary; cttve, in Shelikof l)ay, Kruzof island, Alexander archipelago. So named by 

 Vancouver in 1794. See Shelikof bay. 



Mary; island, north of Duke island, in Revillagigedo channel, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named by pilot W. E. George in 1880 (Coast Pilot, 76). Erroneously St. 

 ]\Iary island, on British Admiralty chart 2431, edition of 1882. 



Mary; point, the northern point of entrance to Shelikof bay, Kruzof island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1899. 



Mary Island; anchorage, in the northern end of Mary island, Revillagigedo chan- 

 nel, Alexander archipelago. Local name, published by the Ccjast Survey 

 in 1883. 



Mary Island; light-house reservation, in northeastern part of Mary island, Revilla- 

 gigedo channel, Alexander archipelago. Reserved for light-house purposes 

 by Executive order dated January 4, 1901. 



Mashik; native village, at Port Moller, Alaska peninsula. Native name, reported 

 by Petrof, in 1880, who wrote it Mashikh. 



Mason; narrows, in the Tanana river, near longitude 146°. So named, in 1885, by 

 Allen, in honor of Prof. OtisTufton Mason, of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Massacre; Imy, indenting the southeastern shore of Attn island, western Aleutians. 

 Named Ut)iennoi (massacre) by Davidof, about 1802, presumaljiy to com- 

 memorate the wanton massacre hereof 15 natives by Cossack fur hunters, 

 in 1745, under Alexai Bieliaef. Lutke wrote it Oubiennaia and Grewingk 

 has Subienna. 



Massacre; brook, flowing from a lake into Massacre harbor, Attu island, western 

 Aleutians. Name from Grewingk, 1850, who has Subienna, apparently 

 an error for UV)ienna (massacre). 



Mastic; sunken rock, in Revillagigedo channel, near entrance to Thorne arm, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named after the vessel Mastirk, which struck 

 upon it in July, 1882. Is now usually written Mastic and has been, 

 erroneously, IMystic. 



Matanuska; glacier, near the source of the Matanuska river. So named by Meu- 

 denhall in 1898. 



Matanuska; native village, on the eastern shore of lake on Copper river plateau. 

 Native name, obtained by Glenn in 1898. 



Matanuska; river, tributary to Knik arm. Cook inlet. Native name, published by 

 the Coast Survey in 1897. Has also been written Matanooski. 



Mdliri, island; see St. ^Matthew. 



Maud; lake, draining to Kusawa lake, near latitude 60°. Name pulilished by the 

 Coast Survey in 1895. 



Maurelle; islands, in Iphigeniabay, Prince of Wales archipelago. So named l)y Dall, 

 in 1879, after the Spaniard Don Francisco Antonio Maurede, who made 

 surveys in this region in 1775 and 1779. 



Maury; peak (5,566 feet high), on the mainland, between Thomas ])ay and Port 

 Houghton, southeastern Alaska. Named by the Coast Survey, in 1895, 

 after ("apt. ]\Iatthew Fontaine Maury, U. S. N. 



Mai/iislilcluioi, island; see Signal. 



