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Kig— Kub. 



liUllit, fork of Fiwh river; see Kueanik. 



RiijJit Bf(i)ich, ereek; see Trilby. 



Right Hand; i)oiiit, the western point of entrance to Kulukak bay, on the northern 



shore of Bristol bay. Named Pravoi (rij^ht hand) by febenkof, 1849. 

 Riley; cai^e, on theeastera shore of Port Clarence, Bering strait. Apparently so 



named by Beechey, in 1827, or possibly by Trollope in 1854. On late 



maps this name has been moved north from its original place and applied 



to the southern point of entrance to Grantley harbor. 

 Ring; creek, tributary to the right fork of Bluestone river, Seward ])eninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Ring; islet, at entrance to Jamestown bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by United States naval othcers, in 1880, after Paymaster James 



Andrew Ring, U. S. N. 

 Riobo; point, on the southern shore of San Juan Bautista island, Bucareli bay. Prince 



of Wales archipelago. So named by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Riou; point, in front of Malaspina glacier, St. Elias alpine region, southeastern 



Alaska. So named by Vancouver, in 1794, and by hini applied to the 



southeastern point of entrance to Icy bay. It is Nizmennoi (low) point 



of Tebenkof, in 1849, and Rio of Russian Hydrographic chart 1:^78. 

 Riph, cape; see Shakmauof. 

 Rl.^henla, cape; see Decision. 

 River; islet, at head of Taku inlet, southeastern Alaska. So named by Meade in 



1869. The island is not shown on recent maps. 

 River; point, in Port Snettisham, Stephens passage, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by Thomas in 1888. 

 River; point, on the western shore of Portland canal, southeastern Alaska. Name 



published by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Rivermouth; caiie, near mouth of Afognak river, Afognak bay, Afognak. Named 



Ustia rieki (mouth of river) by Murashef in 1839-40. 

 Road; island, on the northern shore of Redoubt bay, Sitka sound, Alexander aiclii- 



pelago. Named Dorozhnoi (fit for traveling) by Vasilief in 1809. 

 Roadstead; island, at the entrance to Security bay, Kuiu island, Alexander archi- 



])elago. So named l)y Meade in 1809. 

 Roaring. Coxe in his Russian Discoveries, (8d ed., 1787, j). 210), says that 



Krenitzin and Levashef, in 1768-69, found two burning mountains on 



Unalaska, one called Ayaghish (Makushin) the other (by the Russians), 



Roaring mountain. 

 Roaring; glacier, near the head of Harriman fiord, Port Wells, Princt' William 



sound. Descriptive name, given by the Harriman Expedition in 1899. 

 Robber; islands, in the eastern part of Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Named Yslas de Ladrones (islands of robl)ers) by Maurelle and (Quadra in 



1775-1779. 

 Robe; lake, near Valdes, Prince William sound. Proper name, given by Aber- 



croml)ie in 1898. 

 Robe; river, draining from Robe lake to Port ^'al(les. Projier name, given by 



Abercrombie in 1898. 

 Robert; creek, tributary to Bettles river, from the east, near longitude 149°. Pros- 

 pectors' name, from Schrailer, 1899. 

 Robert; islands, at south point of entrance to Port Houghton, Frederick sound 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1882. 

 Robert Lincoln; mountain, on the northern side of Nelson island. Apparently so 



named by Nelson, in 1878, after Mr. Robert Lincoln, then Secretary of War. 

 Robertson; mountain (7,950 feet high), on the mainland, east of the Stikine river. 



Name published by the Coast Survey in 1895. 



