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.\rri>ilrli;i, islet; sec Iki-rinaU. 



Nesbitt; ixiiiit, tlic sontlu'iiuiiost puint of Zan-iul^u inland, Alexander archiiK'lairo. 

 So iiaiiu'tl l>v \";ui(ouver in 179:!. Has alsj been written Nesbit, this foini 

 heiiif,' foun<l ill the 8° edition of Vancouver (vol. 4, p. 245). 



Nesbitt; reef, off Point Nesbitt, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Snow in 1S8(). 



Netne; lake, near Tyoiiek, at head of Cook inlet. Name pnblishe<l l.y the Coast 

 Survey in 189S. 



.\,iiiii<iiiii, bay and jniint; see Moffet. 



Neumann; island, the easternmost of the Kudiakof islands, Izembek l)ay, Alaska 

 peninsula. So named by the Fish Commission, in 1888, after Mr. Rndolpli 

 Neuniaim, of the Alaska Commercial Company. 



Neva; bay. immediately north of Cape Edgecumbe, on the western side of Kruzof 

 island, Alexander archipelago. So named by officers of the Russian- 

 American Company in about 1849. 



Neva; island, east of the Parker group, Sitka sound, Alexander archij)elago. So 

 named by Vasilief in 1809. Has also been called Nevi. Named after the 

 ship Xera. 



Neva; point, at junction of Nakwasina passage and Neva strait, on Baranof island, 

 Alexander archipelago. Apparently so named by Dall in the Coast Pilot, 

 1888. 



Neva; strait, separating Baranof island from Partofshikof island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by TJsiaiiski, in 1804, after his vessel; called Olga strait 

 by Vasilief in 1809. It then included what has been termed Olga strait. 

 The present Neva channel is the Olga strait of the Russian chart of 1809, 

 Init not of Tebenkof. 



Nevski; group of islets, south of Japonski island, Sitka sound, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Presumably named by the Russians, in 1809, after the war ship 

 Neva, which was at Sitka in 1804. 



Xi'ir, harbor; .see Baralof. 



Xeir Archangel, town; see Sitka. 



Xeiv Balaam; see Uzinkee. 



Xeirhi'tT)/, river; see Teslin. 



Xeir Bnyoitlof, island; see Grewingk. 



A'tirrhiih-li. Allen, 1885, shows a river tributary to the Yukon, from the north, near 

 longitude 153°, which he calls Newchuklikakat, i. e., Newchukli river. 

 Late maps have in this vicinity two streams, called Birch creek and Island 

 creek. The latter seems to be the Newchukli of Allen. 



New Eddy stone; islands, in Behm canal, near entrance to Rudyerd l)ay, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Apparently so named by the British Admiralty about 

 1865. 



New Eddystone; point, in Behm canal, the south point of entrance to Riulyerd 

 l)ay, .Mexaiider archipelago. So named on the Russian charts. The jioint 

 is a short distance from New Eddystone rock. On a late Coast Survey 

 chart the point is called Louise. 



New Eddystone; rock, in Behm canal, between Smeaton and Rudyerd bays, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Vancouver, in 1793, from its resemblance 

 to the Light-House rock off Plymouth, England. 



Newell; sunken rock, in Port Chester, Annette island, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 93). 



Newenham; cape, on the mainland, the northern point of entrance to Bristol bay, 

 I'eriiig sea. So named by Cook, July 16, 1778. The natives call it Black, 

 on account of its color, and Telienkof has Newenham followed by chcrnoi 

 (black) in i>arentliesis. 



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