BAKER.] 423 Uni— Usk. 



Union; bay, in Cleveland peninsula, at junction of Clarence strait and Ernest 

 sound, Alexander archipelago. So called, prior to 1880, on some unpub- 

 lished charts. 



Union; mining camp, at the mouth of South fork of the Koyukuk, near longitude 

 152°. Called Union City by the prospectors and miners in 1899. 



Unishka; island, on the south side of Eedoubt bay, Sitka sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So called by Vasilief in 1809. 



Unlucky; islet, in the eastern part of Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 

 Named La Desgraciada (the unlucky) by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779, 



UnoUollk, river and village; see Ungalik. 



Unuk; river, triljutary to Burroughs bay, southeastern Alaska. Native name, from 

 the Coast Survey. "The correct name of this river," writes I\I. W. Gor- 

 man, "is Junuk or Junock." 



Uphoon, pass; see Apoon. 



Upland; creek, tributary to Nome river, from the west, in the Nome mining region, 

 Seward peninsula. Local name, published in 1900. It is Shepard creek 

 on a recent map. 



Up-nut, creek; see Anikovik. 



Upper; lake, near St. Paul, Kodiak. It drains to Lower lake and thence to Shahafka 

 cove. Called Verkhnie (upper) by Tebenkof, 1849. 



Upper Chulik. The Eleventh Census, 1890 (p. 114), speaks of two Eskimo villages 

 on the eastern coast of Nunivak island together containing 62 people and 

 called Chuligmiut and Upper Chuligmiut, i. e., Chulik people. 



Upper Ramparts; gorge or canyon, in the Porcupine river, about 20 miles from the 

 international boundary line. Also see Ramparts. 



Upright; cape, the easternmost point of St. Matthew island, Bering sea. So named 

 by Cook in 1778. Perpendiculaire of Lutke and Otviesnoi (upright) of the 

 Russians. Erroneously Upwright. 



Uranatina; river, tributary to the Copper river, from the west, about 10 miles 

 north of the Tiekel river. Native name, from Abercrombie, in 1898. It 

 is Teikhell river of Allen in 1885. See Tiekel. 



Urey; point, the westernmost point of Chichagof island, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by Dall in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 184), after Capt. luri or Urey 

 Feodorovich Lisianski, who was the first to indicate it. Urey, sometimes 

 written luri, is the Russian for George. 



Urilia; bay, on the northern coast of Unimak, eastern Aleutians. Named Urilia 

 {shag or cormorant) by Tebenkof, 1849. The Fish Commission, in 1888, 

 called this Shaw bay. Perhaps this is an error for shag. 



Urilie, rocks; see Shag. 



Urilof; island, in southern part of the Necker group, Sitka sound, Alexander 

 archipelago. Named Urielof by Vasilief in 1809. 



Userdie, point; see Zeal. 



Vsgik, islet; see Uski. 



Ushagat; island, one of the Barren islands at entrance to Cook inlet. Native 

 name, given by Tebenkof as Ushagat and Ugushtu. Has also been called 

 Ugutchtu and Ushugat. 



Usher; rock, on the west side of the Western channel into Sitka harbor, Sitka 

 sound, Alexander archipelago. Named by United States naval officers, in 

 1879, after Lieut. Nathaniel Rielly Usher, U. S. N., then on duty at Sitka. 



Ushk; bay, indenting the southern shore of Chichagof island. Peril strait, Alexander 

 archipelago. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1899. 



Uski; islet, in the western anchorage St. Paul harbor, Kodiak. Named Uskoi by 

 the early Russians. Perhaps from usgik, the Aleut word for ivillow. 



Uskosti, point; see East. 



