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Obs— Oks. 



Obfiervatory, island; see Pyramid. 

 Obsiekaitisliie, point; see Drying. 



Ocean; cape, the southern point of entrance to Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. 

 Named Morskoi (ocean or sea) by Tebenkof in 1849. It is dou])tless 

 identical with Cape Phipps of earlier charts. See Phipps. 



Ocean; creek, debouching between York and Cape Prince ( )f Wales, Seward i)eninsnla. 



Name from Brooks, 1900. 

 (Jchck, island; see Middleton. 

 (h-hmkieen, creek; see Oksa. 



Oconnor; glacier and river, on upper waters of the Alsek river, northeast of Yakutat 

 bay. So named bv Petsrs in 1899. 



Odd Fellmus, cape; see Starichkof. 



Odgovigamiit, village; see Uknavik. 



Odiak; cannery, of the Alaska Packer's Association, about 3 miles south of Orca, 

 Prince William sound. Apparently this is only another rendering of some 

 native word which is written Eyak, Ighiak, etc. See Eyak. 



()di(tk, lake and village; see Eyak. 



(kJinakoi, rock; see Lone. 



Ogliug-a; island, at the western end of the Andreanof group, middle Aleutians. It 

 is Ogloga of Lutke. This with Skagul island constitute the Delarof 

 islands of Lutke. Has also been written Ogliouga. 



Oglodak; islet, off the western end of Atka, middle Aleutians. So called by Lutke 

 aljout 1830. Also has been written Oglodok, Ogmodak, and Ogmodakh. 

 This would seem to come from the Aleut word Agligak (albatross). 



Ogowinag-ak; Eskimo village, on the northern shore of Norton bay. Native name, 

 from Petrof, 1880, who reported its population as 20, and its name Ogow- 

 inagak in his text (p. 11) and Ogowinanagak on his maps. 



Ohio; creek, tril)utary to Jackson creek, from the north, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Okag-anak; Eskimo village, on the left bank of the Kuskokwim, about 85 miles 

 aljove Bethel. Native name, from Nelson, 1879, who wrote it Okhaganak. 



Okiben, island; see King. 



Oklvaki, rock; see Fairway. 



Okhme, mountains; see Ahklmi. 



Oknag-amut; Eskimo village, on the north bank of the Kuskokwim, above Kal- 

 chagamut. Eskimo name, from Nelson, 1879, who wrote it Okhogamute, 

 i. e., Okok people. Has also been written erroneously Okhagamute. 

 Coast Survey charts have Oknagamut, and this is the name, according to 

 missionary Kilbuck. It is said to mean village on the other side. Pro- 

 nounced Ook-n;t-ga-miite. Has also been written Oh-hagamiut. Popula- 

 ti(jn in 1880, 130; in 1890, 36. 



Oknakluk; lake, on the water portage between the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. 

 Eskimo name, from Spurr and Post, 1898. Apparently this lake, 2^ miles 

 long and 4 feet deep, is the one called Ookaht on Coast Survey chart 3092. 



Ok}i(iri(/amiit, village; see Uknavik. 



Okiiiifl:(iteInie, cape; see Termination. 



<>kj)iktalik, village; see Opiktulik. 



Oksa; creek, tributary to the Stikine from the east, near Little Canyon. Native 

 name, from late Coast Survey charts, where it is written Ochsakieen, 

 Och-sa-ki-een, and Oksakiin. The termination seems to l)e a variant foi-m 

 of hi)ii (river), so often occurring in this region. 



Oksenof; bay, on the northwestern coast of Unimak island, ea-«tern Aleutians. 

 Called Oksenov'a (Oksenofs) by Veniaminof in 1831. 



Okaenof, cape; see Mordvinof. 



