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Northwest Shoulder; cape, on tlie northwestern shore of Attn island, western 

 .leutians. So called by the United States North Pacific Exploring Expe- 

 dition, 1855. Tebenkof, 1849, calls it Kresta (cross) cape. 

 Norton; bay, in the northeastern part of Norton sound, Bering sea. Name pub- 

 lished l.y the Coast Survey in 1884. 

 Norton; sound, in the northeastern part of Bering sea. Discovered by Cook in 

 September, 1778, and by him named Norton "in honour of Sir Fletcher 

 Norton (afterwards Lord Grantley), speaker of the House of Commons." 

 Sometimes called Norton bay. The designation Norton bay is now gen- 

 erally applied to the northeastern arm of Norton sound. 

 Norutak; lake, near the Arctic circle, drained by the Kowak river. Native name, 

 reported by Cantwell, in 1885, as Nor-u-tak. Schrader, in 1899, calls it 

 Nowgettoark. 

 Nose; j.oint, in Behm canal, on the northwestern shore of Revillagigedo island. 

 Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. Brow and Chin points are near by. 

 Nosovskoi; native village, on the western end of Unimak island, eastern Aleutians, 



alx.ut « miles northwest from Scotch Cap. So called by Lutke in 1828. 

 Notaloten; \illage (of 15 people), on north bank of the Yukon, about 20 miles 

 above the moutli of the Koyukuk. A native name, reported in the Tenth 

 Census (1880) as Natulaten, in tlie Eleventh Census (1890) as Notaloten, 

 and on Coast Survey chart 3093 (ed. of 1898) as Nohtalohton. 

 Notch; mountain (1,879 feet high), on the southern end of Revillagigedo island, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 No Thorofare; bay, indenting the eastern shore of Sitka sound, Baranof island, 

 Alexandei' archipelago. Named Niprohodni (no thorofare) by Vasilief 

 in 1809. It is Poroshki bay of Tebenkof, which name has also been 

 wiitten Boroshki and Paroshki. 

 No Thorofare; island, in Wrangeli strait, Alexander archipelago. Called No 



Thoroughfare by Nichols in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 131). 

 No Thorofare; point, on Woewodski island, Wrangeli strait, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named No Thoroughfare l)y Meade in 1868. Has also Ijeen written 

 No-thoroughfare. 

 Not/i(((jij>i(i-t<i, slough; see Island. 

 Notokdkdt, river; see Dall. 

 N<}iir!i(iij<(k; river, etc. ; see Nushagak. 

 No Use; ledge, in Swanson harbor, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by the Coast Survev in 1890. Has also been written No-use. 

 NorartixKi, colony; see Glory of Russia. 

 Novie Balaam, village; see Uzinkee. 

 Novy, islands; see Pribilof. 



Nowell; i)oint, on the western shore of Prince William sound. So named by Van- 

 couver in 1794. Has also been printed No wall . 

 NowgeUoark, lake; see Norutak. 



Nowi; island, mountains, village, and river tributary to tlie Yukon, from the south, 

 about 100 miles below the mouth of the Tanana river. Native name, first 

 reported by the Western Union Telegraph Expedition, in 18()7, as Newi- 

 cargut, the termination cargut, now written kabif, meaning river. (See 

 Kakat. ) Petrof, in 1880, wrote the name Noyakakat, now usually written 

 Nowikakat. 

 Noiiakakdt, island; see Nowi. 



Noyes; island, off Bucareli bay, Prince of Wales archijielago. So named by Dall, 

 in 1879, after Mr. William M. Noyes, of the Coast Survey jjarty employed 

 in Alaska, 1873-1880. 



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