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Sba— Sbe. 



Shantatalik; small stream, tributary, from the north, to Tustumena lake, Kenai 

 peninsula. Native name, from Wosnesenski, 1840, given by Grewingk as 

 Tsehantatalich. Perhaps it is Shanta-tulik, Shanta region. 



Shapka; island (700 feet high), one of the Chiachi group, on southern shore of 

 Alaska peninsula. Named Shapka (hat) by the Russians. 



Shariepof, cape; see Izhut. 



Sharp ; ledge, in 8wanson harbor, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 

 by the Coast Survey in 1890. 



Sharp; mountain (1,227 feet high), north of Cape Fox, Dixon entrance. So named 

 by Nichols in 1883. 



Sharp; peak (5,900 feet high), north of Valdes glacier. So named bv Abercrombie 

 in 1898. 



Sharp; point, at entrance to Eliza harbor, Frederick sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 So named by Mansfield in 1889. 



Sharp; point, on northern shore of Port Snettisham, Stephens passage, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Thomas in 1888. 



Sharp; point, on Revillagigedo island, in Behm canal, west of Smeaton island. So 

 named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



Shasheki, pass; see Chilkoot and White. 



Shashgat; bay, apparently an arm of Igak bay, Kodiak; was so called by Lisianski, 

 in 1805 (Voyage, pp. 184-185). 



Shaw, bay; see Urilia. 



Shaw; island, near Cape Douglas, Cook inlet. Named Shaw's by Vancouver in 

 1794. The Aleut name is Shunaktidi, which Grewingk writes Schunachtuli. 



Shayak; island, in Marmot bay, between Afognak and Kodiak. So called by 

 Tebenkof in 1849. 



Shed; mountain (2,620 feet high), between Nakat inlet and Willard inlet, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Shedden; point, one of the points of entrance to Refuge inlet, just west of Point 

 Barrow. Apparently so named by British naval olhcers engaged in the 

 Franklin search expeditions, 1849-1853. 



Sheenjek; river, tributary to the Porcupine, from the north, near longitude 144° 30'. 

 Late Coast Survey charts call it Salmon river, and earlier ones give Sheen- 

 jek or Salmon. Name apparently first published in 1895. 



Sheep; bay and point, Cordova bay, Prince William sound. So named by Aber- 

 crombie in 1898. 



Sheep; creek, on the mainland four miles southeast of Juneau, southeastern Alaska. 

 Apparently a local name. Published in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 152). 



Sheep; creek, tributary to Dietrich river, from the west, near latitude 68°. Pros- 

 pectors' name, re^jorted by Schrader, of the Geological Survey, in 1899. 

 Has also been called David creek. 



Sheep; creek, tributary to Kotsina river, from the south. Prospectors' name, 

 reported by Gerdine in 1900. 



Sheep; creek, triliutary to Robert creek, near the headwaters of the Koyukuk. 

 Prospectors' name, reported by Schrader in 1899. 



Sheep; island, one of the Galankin group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 

 Named Barani (sheep) by Vasilief in 1809. Has been written Barani and 

 Baranie. 



Sheer-off-there; rock, in Portillo channel, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named Alargate-alla (sheer-off- there) byMaurelleand Quadra in 1775-1779. 



Shekal-, sound; see Hooniah. 



Shekesti; point, the southern point of entrance to Wrangell harbor, Wrangell 

 island, Alexander archipelago. So called by Zarembo in 1834. On United 

 States Hydrographic chart 225 it is Zhekiski. 



