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Seniavin; capo, on the northern shore of Alaska peninsula, a little east of Port 

 'Mdlli-r. So named by Lutke, in 1828, after his vessel. Also written Seni- 



avine. 

 Sentinel; island, in southern part of Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. Appar- 



i-ntly so named by Meade in 1869. This island was reserved for ]iy:ht- 



liou.xe purposes by Executive order dated January 4, 1901. 

 Sentinel; peiik (4,2r)0 feet high), at head of Glacier bay. So named by Reid in 1S92. 

 Sentinel; point, on the southern shore of Port Snettisham, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelapo. So named by Thomas in 1888. 

 Sentinel; rock, near the Western channel into Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by United States naval officers in 1879. 

 Sentinels (The); group of five islets in Tlevak strait, west of the Nichols group, 



Alexander archipelago. Called Sentinel islands l)y Nichols in 1881. 

 Sepping-s; cape, on the Arctic coast, between Point Hope and Cape Krusenstern. 



Named Seppings by Beechey in 1827. Has also been written Sepping. 



The Eskimo village here has been called Cape Sepping, and also Kivalinag- 



miut. 

 Serebrenikof, arm or bay; see Silver bay. 

 Seredka; open bay, on the southeastern shore of Akun island, -Krenitzen group, 



eastern Aleutians. Called Seredkinskoi (middle) by Veniaminof, wlio 



says a village of 2 huts (yourts), containing 16 jieojile, existed here in 1830. 

 Sergief; bay, indenting the southern shore of Atka island, middle Aleutians. 



Called Sergieff and Sergheieff by Lutke. A Russian family name. 

 Serg-ief; island, at mouth of the Stikine river. So named by the Rynda party, in 



1863, after a member of the party, who was drowned at Sergief rapid in 



the Stikine. 

 Serg-ief; peninsula and volcano, on northwestern coast of Atka, middle Aleutians. 



So called by Lutke about 1830. Has been called Sarytcheff peninsula. 



Grewingk has Vulkan Sariitschew and Sergejewsky-Berg. 

 Sergief; rapid, in the Stikine river. So named by the Rijnda party, who lost a 



man of that name at this place. 

 Sergius; narrows, in Southern rapid. Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. Api;)ar- 



ently so named by Coghlan in 1884. 

 Sergius; point, on Chichagof island, in Southern rapid, I*eril strait, Alexander 



archipelago. Apparently so named by Coghlan in 1884. 

 Serpentine; glacier, tributary to Harriman fiord. Port Wells, Prince William 



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

 Settlement; jjoint, Afognak bay, Afognak. Named Selenia (settlement) by the 



Russians. 

 Setuk; Indian village, about 15 miles east of Yakutat, visited by Russell in Sep- 

 tember, 1891, who reports its name as Setuck. 

 Seven, islands; see Semidi. 

 Seven Sisters (The); group of rocky islets off the northern shore of Hawkins 



island, Prince William sound. So called by Abercrombie in 1898. 

 Seventymile; creek, tributary to the Yukon from the west, near latitude 65°. 



Prospectors' name, published in 1898 by the Coast Survey. The creek is 



aljout 70 miles below old Fort Reliance. 

 Seventymile; mining camp, on the Yukon, left bank, at mouth of Seventymile 



creek. Prospectors' name. 

 S,'-;,],,,,.^ islets; see Vsevidof. 

 Seward; creek, tril)utary to Mission creek, from the west, in the Eagle mining 



region. Local name, published in 1899. 

 Seward; glacier, tributary to Malaspina glacier, in the St. Elias alps, southeastern 



Alaska. So named by Russell, in 1890, after the Hon. William Henry 



Seward, who negotiated the purchase of Alaska by the United States. 



