B-^KEK.] 431 Was- Wed. 



Washing-ton; creek, tributary to Sinuk river, from the east, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 ]V(tshington, glacier; See Barry. 



Washington; peak (3,557 feet high), on the mainland, south of Port Houghton, 

 • southeastern Alaska. So named by the Coast Survey in 1895. 



Wasilit'ff, reef; see Yasilief. 

 Wasp; point, on Revillagigedo island, Behm canal, northwest from Smeaton island, 



Alexander archipelago. Named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Watch; islets, forming part of the Kasiana group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named Bedennoi (watch) by Yasilief in 1809. These are the Apple 



islands of Coast Survey chart 8240. 

 WaierfaU, cape; see Mountain point. 



Waterfall; creek, tributary to Last Chance creek, from the north, Seward penin- 

 sula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Waterfall; peak (3,403 feet high), on the mainland, near Thomas bay, southeastern 



Alaska. So named by Thomas in 1887. Near it are cascades. 

 Waterfall, point; see Village. 

 Waterfall Head. Near the southeastern point of St. George island, Pribilof group, 



Bering sea, is a waterfall, and at this place Elliott's map of 1873-74 has 



this name Waterfall Head, a little south of which is Southeast point. The 



latest Coast Survey map of the region shows a different shape and has but 



one name, and that Cascade i)oint. See Cascade. 

 Waterfalls; Bay of, indenting the south shore of Adak island, middle Aleutians. 



Descriptive name, given by Gibson iii 1855. 

 Watering; creek, in Port Santa Cruz, Suemez island. Prince of Wales archipelago, 

 f Named Eio de la Aguada (watering-place river) by ^laurelle and Quadra 



in 1775-1779. 

 Waters; point, on the eastern shore of Port Bainbridge, Prince William sound. 



Named by Vancouver in 1794. 

 Waverli/, island; see Tangik. 

 Wayanda; ledge, in Southern rapids. Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. So named 



after the V. S. revenue cutter Wayanda, which once touched upon it. 



Sometimes, erroneously, Wyanda. Has also been called Eureka ledge, 



after the steamer Eureka, which struck upon it April 2(5, 1883. 

 Wayanda, rock; see California. 

 Weare; town, on north bank of the Yukon, at the mouth of Tanana river. At this 



place is the post-ofBce Tanana, established in September, 1898, and the 



military post Fort Gibbon. 

 Weasel; cove, indenting the north shore of Boca de Quadra, southeastern Alaska. 



So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Weber; point, on the eastern shore of Kuskokwim bay, Bering sea. Named by the 



missionaries after Rev. Ernest L. Weber, Moravian missionary, in western 



Alaska. 

 Webster; peak (3,254 feet high), on the mainland, near Port Snettisham, south- 

 eastern Alaska. So named by Thomas, in 1888, after the distinguished 



American statesman Daniel Webster. 

 Wedge; cape, the northernmost point of Nagai island, Shumagins. Nameil by Dall 



in 1872. 

 Wedge; cape, the south point of entrance to Chapel cove. Bay of Waterfalls, Adak 



island, middle Aleutians. Descriptive name, given by United States 



naval officers in 1893. 

 Wedge; glacier, near the head of Harriman fiord. Port Wells, Prince William sound. 



Descriptive name, given by the Harriman Expedition in 1899. 

 Wedge; islands, in Clarence strait, southwest of Gravina island, Alexander art-hi- 



pelago. So named liy Vancouver, in 1793, on account of its shape. 



