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Nunochok— Cniitiiuud. 



pi-oplc. Tojuilatioii in 1880, 40; in 1890, 185. Sjjelled Nnnochogaiunte 



in till' Tenth Census (text, p. 1 1 ) and Nunachanagluuniut in the Eleventh 



Census (p. 1()4). 

 Nushag-ak; l)ay or estuary, at nunUli of tlie Nusiia<j;ak river. C'alled Nusiui]j;ai<^ bay 



l.y Tehenkof, 1849. 

 Nushag-ak; lake, between Kuskokwini river and Bristol bay. On late maps this is 



railed Tikchik, and the river draining from it to the Nushagak river is 



railed Tikehik river. 

 Nushagak; river, tributary to the head of Bristol bay. Native name, reported l)y 



the early Ru.ssian explorers as Nushegak and Nushagak. Lutke, 1828, 



writes it Nouchagak. Apparently it is the river which ("ook, in 1778, 



named Bristdi. 

 Nushagak; trading post, at mouth of Nusliagak river. The Russians estal)iished a 



tra<ling post at the mouth of the Nushagak, in 1818 or 1819, and called it 



.\lexandrovsk, perhaps after Alexander Baranof, under whose orders the 



post was established. Variously called since then redoubt or fort and 



spelled Alexander, Alexandrovsk, Alexandre vski, etc., and erroneously 



.Vlexandra. Now generally known as Nushagak. The post-office Nusha- 

 gak was established here in August, 1899. 

 .XiishiiL'diitiKi, river; see Toklat. 

 Nutkwa; inlet and lagoon, on the northeastern shore of Cordova bay, Alexander 



art'hipelago. Native name given as Nutqua by the Coast Survey in 1899. 

 Nutuvukti; lake, near the Arctic circle, drained by the Kowak river. Apparently 



a native name, reported by Schrader, in 1898, as Nootowucktoy. 

 Nutzotin; range of mountains, near the headwaters of Tanana river. Named h} 



Peters and Brooks, in 1898, after a tribe of Indians in the region. 

 Nuwuk; Eskimo settlement, at Point Barrow. Nu-wuk or Noowook means Th 



I 'dint. "The assemblage of winter huts at Point Barrow is so named bj 



tile Eskimo." Variously written Noowook, Noo-wook, etc. Populatior 



in 1853, 309. 

 .\i/rlilii, cape; see Prince of Wales. 

 Oiillrk, lake; see Kulukak and Ualik. 

 OdHiijiiiinit, village; see Ualik. 

 Obernoi; point, on the eastern shore of Port Levashef, Captains bay, Cnaiaska, 



Called Oliernoi (upper) by Dall in 1872. Presumably it was locally sc 



known. 

 Obetavannaia; open bay, between Banner and Korovin bays, on northwestern coas' 



of Atka. So called by Lutke about 1880. 

 Olxjiiritii, islet, point, etc. ; see Burnt. 

 O'Brien; i-reek, tributary to Fortymile creek, from the north. Miners' name 



published by the Coast Survey in 1898. 

 O'Brien; creek, tributary to Klokerblok river, from the south, Seward peninsula, 



Xauir from Barnard, 1900. 

 Obsechki; islet, in the eastern part of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexandei 



Hichipchigd. Named Obsechki (miss fire) by Vasilief in 1809. Has alsc 



bi-eii written Obsetchka and Obsetchki. 

 Observation; island, at entrance to Steamer hay, Clarence strait, .Vicxander archi- 



l)elago. So named by Snow, in 1886, whose astronomical station was or 



this island near its north end. 

 Observation; pcmit, (,n the northeastern shore of Stuart island, Norton sound. Sc 



nanicil by the Coast Survey in 1898. 

 Observation; ruck, in the inner arm of Nakat inlet, southeastern Alaska. So cal 



by Nichols in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 79). Not named on any chart. 



