BAKER.] 335 Kal— Uaei. 



Raituhrr, river; see Klondike. 



Rakof, inlet; see Crawfish. 



Rakovoi; bay, in Whale bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Rakovoi (shell) by the Russians. Has also been called Shell bay. 



Ralph; lake, in the lower Matanuska valley. 80 named by Mendenhall in 1898. 

 Not shown on map and not identified. 



Ralston; island, in southern part of Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by Meade, in 1869, after Mr. William ('. Ralston, banker, in San Fran- 

 cisco. This island has been reserved for light-house purposes by Execu- 

 tive order dated January 4, 1901. 



Rampart; mountains, on south bank of the Yukon, just above the mouth of the 

 Tanana. So called l>y Raymond in 1869. The Western Union Telegraph 

 Expedition map of 1867 applies this name to mountains farther up the 

 river. 



Rampart; village and post-office, on the south shore of the Yukon, in the Lower 

 Ramparts, near the mouth of Minook creek. Called Rampart City by 

 the miners. A post-office called Rampart was established here in Novem- 

 ber, 1898. 



Rampart House; station, on the Porcu]iine river at the international boundary. 

 Name i)ul)lished l)y the Coast Survey in 1895. 



Ramparts; gorge or canyon, in the Yukon river, beginning a few miles above the 

 mouth of the Tanana river and extending up river about 100 miles. The 

 designation Lower Ramparts has been applied to all of it, and also to a 

 part, the most picturesque part, some 30 miles above Minook creek. The 

 Ujiper Ramparts are described by Schwatka as beginning at Old Fort 

 Selkirk on the Yukon and extending some 400 miles down stream. 



Ramsden; point, at the junction of Portland canal and Observatory inlet. Named 

 by Vancouver, in 1793, after "Mr. Ramsden, the optician." 



Ranch; point, at the Lidian village Gan-te-gas-tak-heh at head of Chilkat inlet, 

 southeastern Alaska. So named by LTnited States naval officers in 1880. 

 Has also been written Ranche. 



Rancheria; island, in the eastern partof Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named La Rancheria (the farm) by Maurelleand Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Range; creek, on Baranof island, debouching in Northern rapid. Peril strait, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Coghlan in 1884. 



Range; island, in the northern entrance to Popof strait, Shumagins. So named by 

 Dall in 1872. 



Range; islet, in Coal harlior, Shumagins. So naiued liy Dall in 1872. 



Range; point, in Chichagof harbor, Attn island, western Aleutians. So named 

 by Gibson in July, 1855. 



Range; point, N. by W. J W., 3 miles distant, from Jaw point, Taku inlet, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So called by Nichols in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 153). 



Range; point, the southern point of entrance to Fish bay. Peril strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Coghlan in 1884. 



I{anki)>, island; see Corlies. 



Rapid; river, tributary to the Porcupine river, from the north, near the interna- 

 tional boundary. Possibly identical with Sucker river of the Coast Survey 

 in 1890; on recent maps Rapid river. 



Rapids; island, in Southern rapids, Peril strait, Alexander ari'hipelago. Named 

 Poroga (rapids) by Vasilief in 1833. 



Rapids; point, on Chichagof island, near Northern rapids. Peril strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. Name apparently first used by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, 

 p. 163). 



Rasbinik, village; see Razboinski. 



