B^KER] 847 Kur-Sao. 



Rurik; harbor, indenting the sontheastern shore of Khantaalv island, Yakntat bay, 

 sontheastern Alaska. Two harbors indent the sontheastern shore "of 

 Khantaak island. One of these is Port Mnlgrave, the other, as here used. 

 ^ is Rurik harbor. Khroinchenko, in 1823, surveyed both and gave the name 



M Rurik to the whole, the name being that of a brig belonging to the Rus- 



B sian-Ameriam Company. This name is now restricted to the harbor 



" immediately northeast of Port Mnlgrave. 



Rush; point, the western head of Zapadni hay, on southern shore of St. George 

 island, Pribilof group, Bering sea. Name published by the Coast Survey 

 in 1SS)9. Presumably named after the C. S. revenue cutter RIHiard Rush. 

 Rush; point, west ui Beardslee i.'^lands. Glacier l)ay, southeastern Alaska. Appar- 

 ently so called, in 1S92, l)y Reitl, on account of the ceasele.ss r».s// of tidal 

 flow past it. 

 Rush; rock, near I'mga island, between Sannak island and Alaska {leninsula. So 



4 called by Dull, in 1880, presumaltly after the U. S. revenue cutter Richard 



Rush. 

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Russell; creek, tril)utary to Snake river, from the west, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Russell; fiord, an arm of Disenchantment bay, southeastern Alaska. This exten- 

 sive arm of Disenchantment bay was discovered and sketched by Prof. 

 I. C. Russell in 1891 and is here named for him. 

 \ Russell; glacier, in or near Skolai pass, at the head of White river. So named by 



Hayes, in 1891, after Prof. Israel Cook Russell. 

 I Russian; harbor, at southwestern end of Kodiak island, behind Geese islands. So 

 named l)y the Fish Commission in 1888. The name is derived from 

 Tebenkof, who shows here "Russian lodge." 



Ruxsku}, island; see Bamdoroshni. 



Russian; point, the southern point of (Traham harbor. Cook inlet. Called Rus- 

 sian P'. by Portlock in 1786. 

 ' Russian; reef, off Whitewater bay, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by INIeade in 1869. A Russian vessel is said to have struck upon it. 



Ruth; island, in Thomas bay, Alexander archipelago. So named by Thomas in 

 1887. 



Rutkortiky, village; see Afognak. 



Rutland; island, low and sandy, on the Arctic coast, near Point Barrow. Appar- 

 ently so named by the British Admiralty in 1855. 



Ryan; creek, just east of Topkok river, Seward peninsula. Name from Barnard, 

 1900. 



Rijan, creek; see Colorado. 



Rynda; anchorage, at southeastern edge of the Stikine flats, Sumner strait, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Called Rynda anchorage or Port Rynda by Dall in 

 the Coast Pilot, 1883, after the Russian corvette Ri/nda, which anchored 

 here and sounded out the jjlace in 1863. 



Rynda; island, in the Stikine flats, Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 by the Russians after the corvette Ri/nda, which made surveys in this 

 region in 1863. 



Rynda; mountain (3,700 feet high), on the mainland, east of the flats at mouth of 

 Stikine river. So called by Hunter in 1877. 



Sahdclii, point; see Dog. 



Sabine; cape, on the Arctic coast, east of Cape Lisburne. So nanu'd by Beechcy, in 

 1827, presumably after Gen. Sir Edward Sabine. 



Sadiarowskaja, bay; see Zachary. 



Sachem; island, in Saginaw bay, Kuiu island, .\lexander archipelago. So named 

 bv Moore in 1892. 



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