BAKER.] 415 Tiir— Twe. 



Turner; island, between Bi": Koninji and Nagai islands, Shumagin group. Has been 

 railed Stiernfeld and also Turner, both names being given by the Coast 

 Survey. 



Turner; lake, tributary to Taku inlet, southeastern Alaska. Name published by the 

 Coast Survey in 1895. 



Turner; mountain (5,953 feet high), on the mainland, near Iskoot river. Named 

 1)y the Coast Survey, in 1895, after J. H. Turner, Assistant, Coast and 

 Geodetic Survey. 



Turner; i)oint, on Khantaak island, the western point of entrance into Port Mul- 

 grave, Yakutat bay, southeastern Alaska. So named by Dixon, in 1787, 

 after his mate, James Turner. It is Turni of Tebenkof, and by mistrans- 

 lation Povorotni (turning) on Russian Hydrographic Chart 1378. 



Turning; islet, around which one turns from Middle channel into Sitka harbor, 

 Alexander archipelago. Named Povorotnoi (turning) by the Russians. 



Turret; point, the eastern point of entrance to Bay of Waterfalls, Adak island, 

 middle Aleutians. So named by Gibson in 1855. 



Tusik; cape, on the southern shore of Kanaga island, Andreanof group, nuddle 

 Aleutians. So called by Tebenkof, 1849. Has also been written Tusich. 



Tiif<bt, bay; see Tutka. 



Tustumena; lake, on Kenai peninsula, drained by the Kasilof river. Apparently 

 a native name, reported by Wosnesenski about 1840. On Russian Hydro- 

 graphic Chart 1378 (ed. of 1847) it is called Chustielena. Has also by mis- 

 application been called Skilakh. 



Tutagvak, inlet; see Wainwright. 



Tutka; bay, indenting the southern shore of Kachemak bay, Cook inlet. Called 

 Tutk by Tebenkof in 1849. Apparently a native name. Has been writ- 

 ten Tutka, Tutke, and on recent charts Tuska. 



Tutlut; native village, on the south bank of the Tanana, at mouth of the Tutlut 

 river. Native name, from Petrof, 1880. 



Tutlut; river, tributary to the Tanana, from the south, about 100 miles above the 

 mouth of the Tanana. Native name, from Petrof, 1880. Apparently this 

 is Toklat river of Allen, 1885. See Toklat. 



Titlhtt, river; see Cantwell. 



Tuxedni; harbor, on the western shore of Cook inlet, near Iliamna volcano. Native 

 name, given by Tebenkof, 1849, as Tukuzit and by Eichwald, 1871, as 

 Tukusitnu. The native name, according to Dall, is Tuk-sed^-ni. 



Tuxekan; wirtter village of the Hanega Indians, in Gulf of Esquibel, Prince of 

 Wales archipelago. Name published by the Coast Survey, in 1895, as 

 Tuxeau and corrected to Tuxecan in 1899. 



Twelve Fathom; strait, separating Little Koniuji and Simeonof islands, Shumagin 

 group. So called by the fishermen. Named from its depth. 



Twelvemile ; arm, of Kasaan bay, Prince of Wales island, Alexander archipelago. 

 So called by Clover, who surveyed it in 1885. It had previously been 

 I'alled Eighteenmile arm. 



Twelvemile; camp, on the headwaters of Klutina river. So named by Abercrom- 

 ])ie in 1898. It is about 12 miles from Klutina lake. 



Twelvemile; creek, in the Fortymile mining district, tributary to Walker fork, 

 from the north. Prospectors' name, from Barnard of the Geological 

 Survey in 1898. 



Twelvemile; creek, tributary to Middle fork of the Koyukuk, from the north, near 

 longitude 150° 30'. Local name from Schrader, 1899. 



Twenty Fathom; bank, off Kasaan bay, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 So called by the Coast Sur\ c)- in 1895 or earlier. 



