BAKEK.] 281 Iflay— JTIel. 



Mayer; peak (8,100 feet high), near the head of Klutina lake. So named by Aber- 



crombie in 1898. Has also ])een written Meyer. 

 Mayo; bend, in the Koyukuk river, about 10 miles Itelow the mouth of Allen river. 



So named by Allen in 1885. Erroneously Mays on a late chart. 

 Mayoral; cove, behind St. Ignace island, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Named Puerto Mayoral (Steward port) by Maurelle and (Quadra in 1775- 



1779. 

 Maysil; cape, on the western shore of Port Refugio, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales 



archipelago. Named Cabo Maysil by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Meade; glacier, east of Chilkoot inlet, Lynn canal. So named by the Coast Survey, 



presumably after Rear-Admiral Richard Worsam Meade, U. S. N., who 



surveyed in southeastern Alaska in 1868 and 1869. 

 Meade, mountains; see Hooper. 



Meade; point, on the northwestern shore of Kuiu island, l)etween Security and Sag- 

 inaw bays, Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survev, after 



Rear-Admiral R. W. Meade, IT. S. N. 

 Meade; river, of northern Alaska, explored by Ray in April, 188.S, and liy him 



named Meade. Its P'skimo name, according to Murdoch, is Kulugrua, 



which has been printed Kol u gru'a, and, by error, Cogtua. 

 Meares; passage, between Suemez and Quadra islands, near Bucareli bay, Alexan- 

 der archipelago. So named by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 97). 



Called Sea Otter bay by Lisianski after Meares (?), Ingraham, and other 



early traders. 

 Mcarea, port; see Prisoners cove. 

 Medicine; creek, tributarj' to the Yukon, from the north, a])out 15 miles below 



Lower Kaltag. Raymond, 1869, calls it Takaltski; Tikhmenief, 1861, 



Kakogkakat, i. e., Kakog river. A native village at its mouth is called by 



Petrof, 1880, Khatnotoutze; he gives its population as 115. 

 Mi'dcednikora, bay; see Bear. 

 Medretcha, creek; see Sawmill. 

 Medviednik, cape; see Bear. 

 Medinezhl, island; see Woewodski. 

 Medrit'zhid, cove; see Bear. 

 Meiklejoh.li; entrance, to Prince William sound, lietween Hinchinbrook and ]\b)n- 



tague islands. So named by Abercrombie, in 1898, after Hon. George D. 



Meiklejphn, Assistant Secretary of War. 

 Meiklejohn; pass (4,500 feet high), one of the passes between the Copper and 



Tanana rivers. It lies between Tok river and Wagner lake. Named ))y 



Lowe, in 1898, after Hon. G. D. Meiklejohn, Assistant Secretary of War. 

 Melanson; lake, near Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by the Coast Survey in 1897. 

 Mell, point; see Green. 

 MelJcowadia, point; see Shallows. 

 Mellish; cabin, on shore of Knik arm of Cook inlet. So called, in 1898, after its 



owner, Henry Mellish. Has also heen written Melishe's. 

 Melnichnoi, cape; see Miller. 

 Melozi; river, tributary to the Yukon, from the ncjrth, between the mouth of the 



Koyukuk and Tanana rivers. Native name, reported l)y tlie Western 



Union Telegraph Expedition, in 1867, as Melozecargut and usually written 



Melozikakat. See Kakat. 

 Melsing; creek, tributary to the Niukluk river, from the north, in the Eldorado 



mining district, Seward peninsula. Local name, i)ul)lished in 1900, after 



L. Melsing, a miner. 



