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Mountain; glacier, on the luaiiilaud, near liead ..f Thomas bay, Houtheastern 



Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Mountain; point, on Lindenberg peninsula, Wrangell strait. Alexander archipelago. 

 Apparently so called by Coghlan in 1884. In the Coast Pilot, 1883, this is 

 called Cove point. Apparently identical with Waterfall (vodopada) cape 

 of Lindenberg, in 1838, or possibly Krutoi (steep) of Lindenberg. 



Mountain; point, on Revillagigedo island, near north end of Annette island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. !>^o named by Nichols in 1883. 



Mouiitdin, river; see Liard. 



Mountain Head; jioint, near Southern i-a})ids, Peril strait, Barauof island, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Coghlan in 1884. 



Mount Little; island, in the Yukon river, just above mouth of the Koyukiik. So 

 named by Allen in 1885. 



Mud; bay, indenting the northern shore of Chichagof island, Icy strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Hanus in 1880. 



Mud; bay, indenting the southern shore of Chignik bay, Alaska peninsula, bocally 

 so known. There is an extensive mud flat at its head. Also called Doris 

 bay. 



Mud; creek, tributary to Red bay. Prince of Wales island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Helm in 1886. 



Mud; glacier, on the western bank of Stikine river, near the international boun<lary. 

 Called Dirt glacier l)y Hunter in 1877. On late maps Mud glacier. 



Muerta; island, in Port Real Marina, Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named Ysla del Muerto (island of the dead) bv Maurelle and Quadra in 

 1775-1779. 



Muffin; islands, in the entrance to Ernest sound, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Snow in 1886. 



Mug-anolowik; shallow stream, in the Yukon delta, debouching between Scannnon 

 bay antl the mouth of Black river. Eskimo name from Dall, who 

 wrote it Muganolowik. By the Western Union exploring jjarties, 1865- 

 1867, this was called Pope's river, after Frank L. Pope, of that expedition. 



Muir; glacier, at head of Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. Named in a])out 1880, 

 after Jolm Muir. 



Muir; inlet, at head of (ilacier bay,, southeastern Alaska. Name published in the 

 Coast Pilot (1883, p. 189). Named after John :\Iuir. 



Muiiopki, island; see St. Lazaria. 



Mukacharni; hill ( 1,700 feet high), north of Grantley harbor, Seward i)eninsula. 

 Name from Beechey, 1827, who wrote it Muck-a-char-ne. 



Mulchatna; river, tributary to the headwaters of the Nushagak river; also Eskimo 

 villages on same. Written 3Iolchatna l)y Petrof in 1880. Has been often 

 written Malchatna. Here written Mulchatna to confoi'm to the reported 

 local pronunciation. 



Mule; rock (awash at high water) , in entrance to Tamgas harbor, Annette island, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named, presumably, by Nichols in 1883. 



Mulg-rave; hills or mountains, north of Kotzel)ue sound, between the Noatak river 

 and the sea. Cook, in August, 1778, named a jioint in this vicimty 

 Mulgrave, back of which were "hills of a moderate height" Beecley, 

 coming nearer, in 1826, saw that these hills were farther inland than Cook 

 suppose<l and called them the Mulgrave range. 



Mulgrave; port, in Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. Visited, sketche<l and 

 named by Dixon in 1787, "in honour of the Right Honourable Lord ]\Iul- 

 grave." It was called Rurik harl)or by Khromchenko, in 1823, presum- 

 ably after the Russian American (-ompany's 1)rig Rvrik. 



Mulligan; creek, tributary to Eldorado river, from the east, Seward peninsula. 

 Name from Barnard, 1900. 



