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Silver; lake (elevation 4,200 feet), on the divide between the Alsek and Yukon 

 k watersheds, Alaska. According to the Krause brothers the native name 



is Danadku; according to Dall, Dana-aka. 

 Silver; point, on the northeastern shore of Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander 



archipelago. Api^arently so named by United States naval officers in 1880. 

 Silver Bow; basin, in Gas.tineau channel, near Juneau, southeastern Alaska. Local 



name, published by Nichols in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 150). 

 Silvester; point, on the northeastern shore of St. Ignace island, Bucareli bay, 



Prince of Wales archipelago. Named Punta de San Silbestre by Maurelle 



and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 Siiiicdan, islands; see Semidi. 

 Simeonof ; harbor, indenting the western shore of Simeonof island, Shumagin group. 



Surveye<l and named by Dall in 1872. 

 Simeonof; island, the easternmost of the Shumagin group. Named Semenovskie 



(Simon) by the Russians. Lutke applies the name to the southeastern 



group of the Shumagins, and this one he calls Taghinak. The native 



name is Tiakinak. Variously called Semenoffsky, Simeonovski. Also 



called Tachkinach, Takh-kin-iakh, Takhinak, Tikhiniak, etc. 

 Simonof; islet, in Highlield anchorage, at north end of Wrangell island, Alexander 

 t archipelago. Apparently so named by the British Admiralty, in 1865, 



and by the Russians, at about the same time, Observation islet. Has been 



written erroneously Simanoff. 

 Simonton; point, between Nakat harbor and Nakat inlet, Dixon entrance. So 



named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Simpson; bay, on the northern shore of Cordova bay, Prince William sound. So 



named by Moser in 1897. 

 Simpson; cape, the western head of Smith bay, on the Arctic coast, east of Point 



Barrow. Named Cape George Simpson by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, in 



honor of Governor Sir George Simpson, of the Hudson Bay Company. 



On their map called Cape Governor Simpson. 

 Simpson; cove, at CoUinson point, on the Arctic coast, east of Point Barrow. 

 Simpson; mountain (5,200 feet high), east of Klutina lake. So named by Aber- 



crombie in 1898. 

 Simpson; peak (5,271 feet high), on the mainland east of Frederick sound, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Simpson; sunken rock, in Eastern channel into Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander 



archipelago. Discovered and named by H. M. S. Devastation in 1862. 

 Sinaginia, village; see Imagnee. 

 Sinaru; small stream, debouching just west of Refuge inlet, on the Arctic coast. 



Called Sinarua by British naval officers, 1849-1853. Ray, who explored it 



in April, 1883, with a native guide, writes it Sifiaru in his text and Sin- 



garoo on his map. 

 Sinclair, cove; see Pond bay. 

 Sinclair; lake and river, in northernmost Alaska, debouching between Dease inlet 



and Smith bay, east of Point Barrow. So named by Dease and Simpson, 



in 1837, after George Sinclair, a half-breed and guide, who had served 



with Sir George Back in 1834. 

 Sind, island; see St. Lawrence. 

 Sindsha, island; see Hall. 

 Sinitsin; island, on the southern shore of Salisbury sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named, in 1833, by Vasilief, after Lieut. Nikolai Sinitsin, of the Russian 



Navy, who accompanied Hagemeister on the Krotkoi, 1828-1830. Has been 



erroneously written Sinits. 



