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Saxacja; placior, on f ho southern side of Klehini river, southeastern Alaska. Native 

 name, reported by the Krause brothers, in 1882, and by them written 

 Saxaeja. 



Sbichmk; bay; see Swikshak. 



Scachlltak; island; see Sitkalidak. 



Scald; point, the western point of entrance to Snug cove, Gambier bay, Admiralty 

 islaml, Alexander archipelago. So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Scammon; bay, in tlve Yukon delta, Bering sea, near Cape Dyer. So named by 

 Dall, in 1870, after Capt. Charles M. Scammon, U. S. R. M. 



Scenery; cove, in Thomas bay, scutheastern Alaska. Descriptive name, given by 

 Thomas in 1887. 



Sriutrhuii, rock; see Shakun. 



i<ch(ik}iii), strait; see Shakhine. 



Schelikoff, liarbor; see Three Saints. 



Schikossean; island, one of the Chilkat islands, Lynn canal, southeastern Alaska. 

 Native name, reported by the Krause brothers in 1882, and by them written 

 Schikossean. 



Scliikiik, island; see Sullivan. 



Srhkarjue, river and town; see Skagway. 



Sriikdilakh, point; see Thatcher. 



Schley; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the east, in the Nome mining region, 

 Seward peninsula. Named by the prospectors, after Admiral Winfield 

 Scott Schley, U. S. N., and name published in 1900. 



Schnuna, river; see Shnu. 



Srhdmretlerherg, mountain; see Fairweather. 



Schoonhoven; creek, tributary to Chickaloon creek, about 40 miles northeast of 

 Knik arm of Cook inlet. So named by Glenn, in 1898, after George W. Von 

 Schoonhoven, a member of his party. Erroneously Schoonoven. 



Schroeder, point; see Spruce. 



tSc}nijek, island; see Shuyak. 



Schulze; cove, in Fish bay, Pern strait, Alexander archipelago. Named by ^Jnited 

 States naval officers, in 1880, after Paul Schulze, of Portland, Oreg., 

 president of the Northwest Trading Company. Erroneously Shulze. 



Schulze; head, the western head of Schulze cove. Fish bay, Baranof island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Coghlan in 1884. 



tichi(inackinskaia. One of the Shumagin islands (which one is not known) was so 

 called by Langsdorf (Voyage, II, 54). 



SclivnachluU, island; see Shaws. 



Schwan; glacier, tributary to Tasnuna river, from the south, between Valdes and 

 the Copper river. So named by Abercrombie, in 1898, after Col. Theodore 

 Schwan, U. S. A. 



Scolai, pass; see Skolai. * 



Scookuk, village; see Chiukak. 



Scotch Cap; cape, the southwesternmost point of Unimak island, eastern Aluetians. 

 Its native name is Hibahibgik, according to Veniaminof, who adds that it 

 constitutes the very end of Unimak, and near it are high and rocky pillars. 

 From this point the natives set out to cross Unimak pass. Variously writ- 

 ten Khitkhouk, Khitkouk, Khituk, etc. Called Scotch cape by the Fish 

 Commission, in 1888, and Scotch cap by same, in 1890. So called from its 

 resemblance to a Scotch cap or bonnet when seen in i)rofile. This cape was 

 reserved for light-house purposes by Executive order dated January 4, 1901. 

 Scotland; sunken rock, between Karpa and Korovin islands, Shumagin group. 

 Named by Dall, in 1875, after the fishing schooner Scotland, which reported 

 it in 1871. 



