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Sviechnikof; liarltor or port, indenting tlie southern shore of Amha island, Andre- 

 anof group, middle Aleutians. Surveyed and presumably named by ; 

 C'hernof in 1832. May be a family name. Sviechnik is Russian for tallow 

 (•hamlhr. The name has been written Svetchnikoff, Sbieznikof, and even 

 Suc'hikova. 

 Svieshlakof; island, in Kalsiu bay, Chiniak bay, Kodiak. So named by the Rus- 

 sians. 

 Srikhchak, bay; see Swikshak. 

 Sriiioi, island; see Hog. 

 Swamp; point, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 



1868. 

 Swan; island, in Seymour canal, Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named l)y Mansfield in 1890. 

 Swan; lake, near Sitka, Baranof island, Alexander archipalago. Named Lebiazhe 



(swan) by Yasilief in 1809. 

 Swan; river, tributary to the Mulchatna, from the east, near latitude 60°. Local 



name, obtained by Spurr and Post, in 1898, from trader A. Mittendorf. 

 Swanport; ancliorage and post, opposite Valdes, in Port Valdes, Prince William 



sound. Local name, published in 1899. 

 Swanson; harbor, at junction of Lynn canal, Chatham strait and Cross sound, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Meade in 1869. 

 Swedania; point, on the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, north of the Shuma- 



gins. Named Swedania (meeting place) by the Russians. 

 Swedish Meadows. This name appeared on an unpublished chart of the Coast Survey 



(numbered 1000) for some features in Revillagigedo channel, Alexander 



archipelago. 

 Sweetcake; creek, tributary to Ophir creek, from the north, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Sweetheart; falls, in Port Snettisham, Stephens passage, Alexander archipelago. 



So named by Thomas in 1888. 

 Swikshak; bay, on the northern shore of Shelikof strait, about 25 miles southwest 



of Cape Douglas, Alaska peninsula. Native name, which Lutke, 1835, 



writes Svikhchak. Has been written Sbichsak and Swikschak. 

 Siritini, island; see Hog. 

 Sword; point, in Portillo channel, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Named Punta de Espada ( sword point) by Maurelle and Quadra, 1775-1779. 

 Syble; point, on the mainland, the eastern point of entrance to Yes bay, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Sycamore; bay, indenting the northern shore of Kodiak. Named Chernieshef 



(perhaps from Cherniechie, sycamore) by the Russians in 1808-1810. 



Tebenkof calls it Maknashka and the Coast Survey, Devils bay. 

 Sykes; point, the southern point of entrance to Behm canal, Alexander archipelago. 



Named by Vancouver, in 1793, after a member of his party. 

 Sylburn; harbor, on the western side of Annette island, opening into Nichols pas- 

 sage, Alexander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Symonds; bay, in Biorka island, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named after 



Lieut. Frederick Martin Symonds, U. S. N., who, with Master G, C. Hanus, 



U. S. N., surveyed it in 1879. 

 Symonds; point, on Admiralty island, near north end of Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named by Coghlan, in 1884, after Lieut. F. M. 



Symonds, U. S. N., who made surveys in this vicinity in 1880. 

 T'laltsurj, bay; see Dry. 

 Taaltsug; river, one of the five rivers in the delta of the Alsek, southeastern 



Alaska. Apparently a native name, published by Tebenkof in 1849. 



