Ooii-^Oxk. 



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(hiuiiKih, island; scr rniiuak. 



Oatkrarit, villatri'; see Ttkiavi. 



(hiloo-kok, villajie; sei' Otnkah. 



(t/nu^tiaia, bav, cape, etc.; see Danger and Dangerons. 



Opasni; -ironiiof islands, in Northern rui)ids, Peril strait, Alexander archii)ela,u;o. 

 Named Opasnie (perilons or danj,'erons) 1)y Yasilief in 18;«. 



Open; l)ay, on the southern shore of Unalaska, east of Kasheoja bay. D.-scriptive 

 nanu'. <riven by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Open; roek, in tiie Kasiana group of islands, Sitka sound, Alexander arehipelago. 

 Named Atkritoi (open, i. e., uncovered or discovered), by Vasilief in 1809. 



Operl; island, one of the Kudiakof islands, Izembek bay, Alaska peninsula. So 

 named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Ophir; creek, tributary to Niukluk river, from the north, in the Eldorado mining 

 district, Seward peninsula. Local name, published in 1900. 



Opiktulik; J]skinio village, on the northern shore of Norton sound, 40 miles east of 

 Nome. Petrof reported its population in 1880 as 12, and its name Okpik- 

 tolik, in his text (p. 11), and Okpiktalik on his maps. A recent local 

 map calls it Opiktulik, i. e., Opik region. 



Oratia; mountain (7,300 feet high), near the headwaters of Kanektok river, western 

 Alaska. So named by Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, who 

 passed near it in September, 1898. 



Orca; cannery, of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company, and post-oHice, on the 

 eastern shore of Prince William sound. Named after one < )f the company's 

 vessels. The post-ofRce here was established in December, 1894. 



Orca; ])oint, on the southern shore of Boca de Quadra. So named by the Coast Sur- 

 vey in 1891. 



Oregon; creek, tributary to Cripple river, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Oirl, shoal; see Pamplona. 



Or-lini-iid-nook, river; see Colville. 



Orhmi; nati^■e settlement, at Eagle harbor, Ugak bay, Kodiak. Named Orlova 

 (Orlof's) by the Russians and "erroneously renamed St. Orloff in our 

 Coast Survey maps. It is now popularly known only by the name of the 

 bay," i. e.. Eagle harbor. 



Orobuktuhtk, creek; see Cache. 



Orzenoy; cannery (established in 1889) on western shore of Stepovak bay, Alaska 

 peninsula. So called by Moser in his report, 1899 (text, p. 171), but on 

 his map Ozernoi. Apparently from the Russian adjective 0/ernoi, mean- 

 ing l(th'. 



Osar; glacial stream, debouching northeast of Manby point, on the northern shore 

 of Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. So named by Russell in 1891. 



Osborn; mountain (4,700 feet high), in tlie Kigluaik mountains, Seward peninsula. 

 Name fnjm Barnard, 1900. 



Osborn; creek, tril>utary to Nome river, from the east, in the Nome mining region, 

 Sewai'd peninsula. Also written Osborne. Prospectors' name, published" 

 in 1900. 



OschestKt, river; see Fickett. 

 Osemki, bay; see Redoubt. 

 Oxhih}.!, island; see Error. 



Osier; Lsland, near or in the entrance to Russell fiord. Disenchantment bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by Russell in 1891. "It is covered with a dense 

 growth of willows, hence its name." 



Oskawalit; river, tributary to the Kuskokwim river, from the east, near longitude 

 b%°. Nati\'e name, pronounced Os-ka-wil-lit, obtained by Spurr and l*ost, 

 in ]S!)S, iVuiii A. Lind, a Inulei-. 



