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Rodney; <apf. <'ii tlio southwestern shore of Seward peninnula, Bering sea. Dis- 

 roviTi-il and .«<> luiined by Cook, August 5, 1778. 



Rodney; rreek, just west of Cripple river, Seward peninsula. Name from Barnard, 

 HKH). 



Roe; point, in Belun canal, lu-ar the entrance to Smeaton l)ay, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by the Coast Survey in lcS91. 



Rogarn, island; see Horn. 



Rohn; glacier, tributary to Nizina glacier, from the west, on the eastern flank of 

 Regal mountain. Named by the Geological Survey, in 1901, after Oscar 

 Kohn, who crossed it in 1899. 



Rohn; river, tributary to the Kuskokwim, from the east, near latitude 62°. So 

 named l)y Spurr, in 1898, after Oscar Rohn, a member of his party. 



Eokhora, island; see Horn. 



Rokovot/, bay; see Crawfish inlet. 



Rolling Ground. In Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago, " in the space between 

 Biorka and Vitskari islands, a more or less heavy swell is nearly always 

 experienced, even when the water is smooth in other parts of the sound." 

 Hence this designation the Rolling Ground. 



Romania; point, on the western shore of Port Refugio, Bucareli bay, Prince of 

 Wales archipelago. Named Punta de Romania by Maurelle and Quadra 

 in 1775-1779. 



Romanof; point, on the southern shore of Norton sound, between St. ]\lichael and 

 the mouth of the Yukon. Apparently this is Point Shallow-Water of 

 Cook, 1778. To distinguish it from Shoal Ness of Cook, another point to 

 the southward, Lutke proposed to call it Cap-Nord du hmit-fond, i. e.. 

 Northern Cape Shoal Water. Lutke says its native name is Asiatchak. 

 Tebenkof, 1849, calls it Aziachak and the Russian Hydrographic Office, 

 1852, Aziachagiak (otmeloi = shoal) . This Russian word Otmeloi (shoal) 

 has been transliterated back into English and appeared as Onman. The 

 name Romanoff may be a local name. The first mention of it I liave 

 found is in Call's Alaska (p. 119). 



Romanzof; cape, on the mainland, in Bering sea, the westernmost point of the 

 Yukon delta. So named Ijy Shishmaref in 1821. It was in the same year 

 independently named Romanzof by Kromchenko and Etolin, in both 

 cases after Count Rumiantsof, a name which has l;)een variously written 

 Romantsof, Romanzof, Roumiantsoff, etc. 



Romanzof; mountains (8,000 to 10,000 feet high), in northeastern Alaska, near 

 the Arctic coast. Named by Franklin, in 1826, "after the late Count 

 Romanzoff, Chancellor of the Russian Empire." Has been variously 

 spelled Romantzoff, Roumiantzoff, etc. Apparently these mountains are 

 identical with those named Pelly by Dease and Simpson in 1837, "after 

 the public-spirited governor of the Hudson's Bay Company." Schrader, 

 1899, applies the name to mountains considerably farther south. 



Romig; mountain (about 2,500 feet high), in the Kilbuck range, western Alaska, 

 al)out 30 miles ESE. of Bethel. So named by Spurr and Post in 1898, 

 after the missionary Dr. Joseph Herman Romig. 



Romp; island, near the entrance to Gambler bay, Admiralty island, Alexander 

 archii)elago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Rookery; islands, off Point Macnamara, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Snow in 1886. 



Root; glacier, near Kennicott glacier, in longitude 143°. So named by Rohn, in 1899. 



Rootok, island; see Aektok. 



Rope; cliff, on the western border of Agassiz glacier, St. Elias alps. So named, in 

 1890, by Russell, who, w'ith his party, scaled it by means of a rope. 



