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Nateekin; Ali'iit villa>,'('. at Xatfckin hay, in Captaiii.s l)ay, Uiialaska. Sarichef 

 shows a villairi' lifH', in 17!t2, wliicli lie calls Natieka settlcinciit. Vciiia- 

 iiiiiiof, hs:; '.calls it Xatickiiiskdc, and says it consists of two huts (yoiirts) 

 and h'l pcojiU'. 



Nateekin; hav, indcntin.uM lie southwestern shore of Captains hay, I 'nalaska, east- 

 ern Aleutians. (iille<l Natiekinskaia hy Venianiinof and known locally 

 as Xatet'kin l)ay. 



Nathlie; uiountain, east of Copper river, l)etween Drum and Sanford mountains. 

 So uained hy Ahercromhie in 1898. Perhaps it should he Nathalii'. 



Nation; jioint, tlie western point of entrance to Egg harhor. Coronation islan<l, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named hy Snow in 1886. 



NalKiita, river; see White. 



Xatiilteu, village; see Notaloten. 



X<iu(jrik, village; see Suworof. 



Nauklak; Eskimcj village, in the interior of the eastern part of Alaska peninsula, 

 on the trail from Kamishak hay, Cook inlet, to Naknek lake, and about 

 15 miles east of the latter. According to Spurr and Post, who oljtained 

 their information, in 1898, from the chief of Savonoski, its native name is 

 Xaoui'hlagamut, i. e., Nauklak people. 



Xdii/clii, l)ay and river; see Black. 



Sniihilidck, l)ay; see Kiavak. 



Navy; islet, near Port Wrangell, Alaska peninsula. Named Morskoi (sea) hy 

 Vasilief in 1832. Lutke has Isle du Large and the Coast Survey, 1869, 

 Navy islet. 



Navy; i)eak (3,734 feet high), near McHenry inlet, Etolin island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Snow in 1886. 



Nazan; hay, indenting the eastern shore of Atka island, Andreanof grou}), middle 

 Aleutians. Aj^parently so named hy Tel)enkof. Lutke (;alls it East Ijay. 



Nazan; hay, indenting the southern shore of Little Tanaga island, Andreanof gnjup, 

 middle Aleutians. So named hy T('l)enkof in 1S49. 



Xazi'hik, island; see Two Headed cape. 



Xf((-L-/iih; river; see Niukluk. 



Near; caj)e, on the northwestern shore of Kittiwake island, Kodiak grou}). Named 

 Blizhnie (near) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



Near; groui)of islands, the westernmost of the Aleutian chain, and hence nearest, of 

 all the Aleutians, to Asia. The early Russian explorers, accordingly, called 

 them Blizhnie (near) islands. Langsdorf has (II, 13) Plishnie ostrowa or 

 nearest islands. Have also been called lilijnie or Rat islands. Berg says 

 Bering called them Deception islands, l)ut Lutke says he tinds no warrant 

 for this in Bering's journal. Variously written Blijni, Blijnies, etc. 



Near; island, in St. Paul harbor, Kodiak. Named Blisnieand Bliskie (nearor close) 

 by tlie early Russians. Lisianski, 1804, calls it Close island. 



Near; island (600 feet high), near the southeastern shore of Nagai island, Shumagin 

 group. Named Blizhnie (near) by the Russians. 



Near; point, on the western shore of Piper island, Fish bay, Peril strait, . Alexander 

 archipelago. So named l)y United States naval officers in 1880. 



Nearer, point; see Blizhni. 



Xeclmiji', rock; see Eldred. 



Necker; bay, indenting the western shore of Baranof island, Alexander archii)elago. 

 Calle.l l»ort Necker by La Perouse in 1786. Called Kamenistaia (rocky or 

 stony) by the Russians. Has been called Rotiky, Stone, and Stony. 



Necker; islands, near the southern entrance to Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alex- 

 ander aniiipelago. So called in the Coast Pilot, 1883, and attributed to 

 ha I'erouse, 1786. La Perouse's chart 16 shows Port Necker in this jdace 

 an. I chart 17 I'.irt Xeker for the .sune place. 



