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Tananel, village; see Chilkoot. 



Tanani; Indian village, just north of Haines, near head of Chilkoot inlet, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Native name, reported by the Krause brothers in 1882. 



Tanaskan; bay, indenting the southern shore of Beaver bay, Unalaska, eastern 

 Aleutians. Aleut name, from Sarichef, 1792, who wrote it Taneska. 

 Veniaminof , however, writes it Tanaskan. It means vegetable garden. 

 It is Macks bay of the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Tangent; peak (2,449 feet high), on the mainland, west of Farragut bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. 



Tangent; point, the eastern point of entrance to Dease inlet, east of Point Barrow, 

 Arctic ocean. So named by Dease and Simpson, in 1837, who say "The 

 I land . . . turned sharply off to SSW., forming an acute angle well 



termed Point Tangent." 



Tanghinakh, islet; see Pustoi. 



Tangik; islet, near the eastern shore of Akun island, Krenitzin group, eastern Aleu- 

 tians. So called by Tebenkof, 1849. Tangik is Aleut for island. Called 

 AVaverly island by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



Tangimak, island; see Karpa. 



Tangimak, island; see Little Koniuji. 



Tanginak; islet, east of Akun island, in Unimak pass, eastern Aleutians. Native 

 name, from Tebenkof, 1849. Perhaps it is simply the Aleut Tangidak 

 (islet) . The Fish Commission, in 1888, called it Breed island. Has also 

 been called Propagation island. 



Tangle; lakes, at source of the Delta river, near longitude 146°. So named by 

 Mendenhall in 1898. 



Tanglefoot; small bight, at Karluk head, on north shore of Kodiak. A cannery 

 was built on the beach here in 1893. Locally known as Tanglefoot bay. 



Taaignag-miut, settlement; see Aleksashkina. 



Tanis; glacial stream, in the St. Elias alps, a little north of the mouth of the Alsek. 

 So called by Tebenkof in 1849. Apparently a native name. 



Tannak, island; see Little Tanaga. 



Tano, island; see Chuginidak. 



Tantallon; point, the southeastern point of Douglas island, Stephens passage, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 171). 



Tanunak; Eskimo village, at Cape Vancouver, Nelson island, Bering sea. Name 

 from Nelson, who visited it in December, 1878. Erroneously Tununak. 

 Is also called Dununak in the Eleventh Census. A river of th^ same name 

 debouches here. 



Taoatin; mountain, on the right bank of the Yukon, near Kaltag. Name pub- 

 lished by the Coast Survey in 1898. 



Tapirag, mountain; see Fourpeaked. 



Tapor, point; see Hatchet. 



Taral; creek, tributary to the Copper river, from the east, at Taral. Locally called 

 Taralna, i. e., Taral river. 



Taral; village (of 2 houses in 1885), on left bank of the Copper river, a little below 

 the mouth of the Chitina; also creek tributary to the Copper, from the 

 east, at this village. Native name, reported as Taral by Allen in 1885. 



Tarasof ; bay, indenting the eastern shore of ^Makushin bay, Unalaska. It is imme- 

 diately east of Old Harbor. So called by Veniaminof, 1840. 



Target; islet, in Mitchell l^ay, Kootznahoo inlet, Admiralty island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by Meade, in 1869, in commemoration of the target prac- 

 tice had there. 



Tasekpuk; lake, on the Arctic coast, about 80 miles east of Point Barrow. Eskimo 

 name, the termination 2>?i^- meaning big. 



