s.l-sna. 378 [BUi....l87. 



Slim; islaiKl, lu-ar tMitraixr to Xakat inlet, Alexander archipelago. So named by 



NielioKs in 188:5. 

 S/iiii, j>oint; see Thin. 



Slime; hank, off the ncM-thern coast of XJniniak island, eastern Aleutians. So named 

 l)y the Fi.sh Connnission in 1890. 



Slims: river, ti-ihutary to Kluane lake, near latitude 61°, longitude 138° 30^. Name 

 from PeterK, 1899. 



Slocum: inlet, in mamland, near the north end of Glass peninsula, Stephens pas- 

 sage, Alexander archipelago. Named by Thomas, in 1888, after Ensign 

 (leorge Ralph Slocum, U. S. N., a member of his party. 



Sloistic, point; see Lay. 



.sy«.x.<, hay; see Moffet cove. 



Sluice; creek, tributary to Jim river, from the east, near longitude 149°. Prospect- 

 ors' name, iniblished by the Coast Surv^ey in 1899. 



Small; arm, of Whale bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipelago. Called Maley 

 roukav (little sleeve) by the Russians. 



Small; glacier, on the mainland, east of Frederick sound, southeastern Alaska. So 

 called by Thomas in 1887. 



Smeaton; bay, in the mainland, debouching into Behm canal, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named by Dall, in 1879 (Coast Pilot, p. 72, footnote), after the Eng- 

 lish engineer Smeaton who, in 1759, rebuilt the Eddystone light-house 

 after its destruction by fire in 1755. 



Smeaton; island, near Smeaton bay, in Behm canal, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 by Dall in 1879. 



Smith; bay, on the Arctic coast, between Dease inlet and Colville river mouth. 

 Named E. Smith's by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, after E. Smith, chief 

 factor of the Hudson Bay Company. 



Smith; cape, in the Yukon delta, near Cape Romanzof. So named by Dall, in 1869, 

 presumably after Capt. E. E. Smith, a well-known whaling master in the 

 region at that time. 



iSmiih, creek; see Davis. 



Smith; glacier, tributary, from the west, to College fiord, Port Wells, Prince William 

 sound. So named by the Harriman Expedition, in 1899, after Smith col- 

 lege. 



Smith; island, in central part of Prince William sound. Name from Schrader, 1900. 



Smith; island, south of Japonski island, in Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by United States naval officers in 1880. 



Smith; river, in northernmost Alaska, debouching near Cape Halkett, Arctic ocean. 

 Named William Smith by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, after William 

 Smith, esq., secretary to the Hudson Bay Company. 



S)i)olrii, bay; see Shelikof. 



Smooth; mountain (1,899 feet high), in Dall ridge, Gravina island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Smuggler; cove, on the west side of Annette island, opening into Nichols passage, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named by Nichols in 1883. Also written Smug- 

 gler's and Smugglers. 



Smyth; cape, on the Arctic coast, just west of Point Barrow. So named by Beechey 

 in August, 1826, "in compliment to" William Smyth, one of his officers. 

 Sometimes, erroneously, Smith. 



Snag; river, tributary to White river, from the Avest, near longitude 140° 30^ 

 Descriptive name, given by Peters and Brooks in 1898. 



Snail; point, in Px-hm canal, the southern point of entrance to Spacious bay. Named 

 by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



