l.AKKK.l 408 Tlie-Tlio. 



Theodore; river, tributary to Cook inlet, near its liead. Name publislied by the 



Geological Survey in 1898. 

 Thetis; eoal mine, on the Arctic coast, at Cape Sabine, east of Cape Lis])urne. So 



named after the U. S. S. Thetis, which coaled here in 1889. 

 Iliilif, islands; see Jones. 

 Tliiclc, point; see Broad. 

 Thin: point, the western point of entrance to Cold bay, near western end of Alaska 



peninsula. Named Tonkoi (narrow) by Tebenkof, and variously called 



Slim, Thin, Tonki, etc. 

 Thin Point; cannery, established in 1889 at Thin point, the western point of 



entrance to Cold bay, Alaska peninsula. 

 Third Kekur; isolated rock or rocky islet, off the southwestern coast of Baranof 



island, Alexander archipelago. Also written Kekour and Kekoor. See 



Kekur. 

 Thistle; creek, trilnitary to Feather river, from the north, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 Thistle; ledge, near Point Lookout, Stephens passage, Alexander archipelago. 



Name published by the Coast Survey in 1895. 

 Thistle; rock (10 feet above high water), near Cape Fox, in Dixon entrance. So 



named by Nichols in 1883. Erroneously Whistle on one chart. 

 Thomas; bay, indenting the mainland coast, northeast of Kupreanof island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey, in 1887, after Lieut. Com- 

 mander Charles Mitchell Thomas, U. S. N., who surveyed it in that year. 

 Thu)nas, bay; see Clover. 

 Thomas; cape, the westernmost point of Wrangell island, Arctic ocean. Discovered 



by Capt. Thomas Long, of the New London whaling bark Nile, August 14, 



1867, and by him named Thomas, after the seaman who first reported 



the land. 

 Thomas; mountain (5,400 feet high), near Port Valdes, Prince William sound. 



Named by Abercrombie, in 1898, presumably after General George Henry 



Thomas, U. S. A. 

 Thompson; cape, on the Arctic coast, a few miles southeast of Point Hope. "A high 



cape," says Beechey, August, 1826, "which I named after Mr. Deas 



Thomson, one of the commissioners of the navy." In his text Beechey 



spells it Thomson, but on his map Thompson. Near it Beechey adds Cape 



Ricord of the Russians. 

 Thompson; cape, the northernmost point of Big Koniuji island, Shumagin group. 



So called by Dall in 1880. 

 Thompson; creek, tributary to Klokerblok river, from the north, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Thompson; creek, tributary to Port Clarence, from the north, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 TJunnpson, island; see Galankin. 

 Thomson; pass (2,330 feet high), east of Valdes, Prince William sound. Named by 



Abercrombie, in 1898, after Hon. Frank Thomson, of Pennsylvania. On 



his map it is spelled Thompson. 

 Thomson; point, on the Arctic coast, near Flaxman island. So named by Franklin 



in 1826. It is Thomson in his text and Thompson on his map. 

 Thorne; arm, indenting the southern shore of Revillagigedo island, Alexander 



archipelago. "Named, in 1880, by the Coast Survey, after Capt. Charles 



Thorne, long in command of the steamer California in these waters." 

 Thorne; bay, indenting the eastern shore of Prince of Wales island, Clarence strait, 



Alexander archipelago. Named, in 1891, after Frank Mauley Thorne, 



Superintendent of the Coast Survey. 



