BAKER] 425 Val— Vas. 



Valdes: narrows, the contracted part of the entrance to Port Valdes, Prince WiUiam 

 sound. So called by Abercrombie in 1898. Also called Stanton narrows 

 by Abercrombie the same year. 



Valdes; port, indenting the northeastern shore of Prince William sound. Accord- 

 ing to Vancouver it was called Puerto de Valdes by Fidalgo in 1790. 



Valdes; summit, the highest point on the trail over Valdes glacier into the interior. 

 So called by the 3,000 (more or less) prospectors who used it in 1898. 



Valdes; town, at head of Port Valdes, Prince William sound. Captain Glenn, 

 writing in 1898, indicates that it was then called Copper City, but now 

 Valdez. A post-office, called Valdez, was established here in July, 1899. 



Vallenar; bay, in Clarence strait, at north end of Gravina island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 



Vallenar; point, the northernmost point of Gravina island, separating Tongass nar- 

 rows from Clarence strait. Named by Vancouver, in 1793, after Seiior 

 Higgins de Vallenar, President of Chile. Higgins, or rather O'Higgins 

 of Ballenagh, Ireland, became naturalized in Chile and in place of O'Hig- 

 gins of Ballenagh became Higgins de Vallenar. 



Vallenar; rock, off Vallenar point, at the northern entrance to Tongass narrows. 

 So named by Nichols in 1885. 



Vancouver; cape, high and bold, on the mainland, northeast of Nunivak island, 

 Bering sea. Discovered by Etolin, in 1821, and by him named after Capt. 

 George Vancouver. 



Vancouver; islet, in Dixon entrance, very near Cape Northumberland, Duke island. 

 Apparently a local name, published by the Coast Survey in 1885. 



Vancouver; mountain (15,666 feet high), in the St. Elias alps, southeastern Alaska. 

 Named by Dall, in 1874, after the great English navigator, Capt. George 

 Vancouver. 



Vandeput; point, the western point of entrance to Thomas bay, Frederick sound, 

 Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1791. 



Vanderhilt; point, on the northern bank of Chilkat river, near its mouth, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Named by United States naval officers in 1880, after 

 Capt. J. M. Vanderbilt, captain of the trading steamer Favorite. It is 

 apparently identical with Povorotni (turnabout) of Lindenberg in 1838. 



Vanderbilt; reef, in the southern part of Lynn canal, Alexander archipelago. 

 Discovered by Capt. J. M. Vanderbilt, of the Northwestern Trading Com- 

 pany's steamer Favorite and named after him by United States naval 

 officers in 1880. 



Vank; island, west of Wrangell, in Sumner strait, Alexander archipelago. So 

 named by the Russians. 



Vankahini, bay; see Dry. 



Vankahini; one of five rivers in the delta of the Alsek river, southeastern Alaska. 

 So called by Tebenkof in 1849 (Chart VII). Apparently a native name, 

 the termination hini meaning river. Has also been written Vankagina. 



Vasilief; bank, off Povorotni point, Sitka sound, Baranof island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Vasilief (Williams) by the Russians, in 1809, after one of 

 their naval officers. Has also been written Vasilevka. 

 [ Vasilief; bay, indenting the southern shore of Atka, middle Aleutians. So named 

 by Lutke, after the pilot Vasilief, about 1830. 



Vasilief, cape ; see Corwin. 



Vasilief; rock, south of Biorka island, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 Vasilief (Williams) by the Russians in 1809. Proper name. Has also been 

 called Vasileva (Basil's or William's). 



Vasilief; shoal (with 4 feet at low water), in Chiniak bay, Kodiak, lying between the 

 south ends of Long and Woody islands. Named by Russian naval officers 

 in 1808-1810. 



