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Wedge: i)oint, on the gouth western shore of Adak island, Andreanof group, middle 

 Aleutians. De.<criptive name, given by Gibson in 1855. 



Weedy: shoal.<, in Zachary bay, Unga island, Shumagins. So nanie.l by Ball in 

 1872. 



Welcome: point, the southernmost point of Bird island, Shumagin group. 

 Immediately east of it is Point Farewell, the last land seen when home- 

 ward bound. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1882. 



Wellesley: dacier, tributary, from the west, to College fiord. Port Wells, Prince 

 William sound. So named by the Harriman Expedition, 1899, after 

 Wellesley College. 



Wellesley: lake, near the international boundary. So named by Hayes, in 1891, 

 after Wellesley College. 



Wellesley; jnountain, between the Tanana and White rivers, near latitude 62° 30'. 

 So named by Peters and Brooks, in 1898, after Wellesley College. 



Wells: iK)rt, in northwestern part of Prince William sound. So named by Van- 

 couver in 1794. 



Werlick: island, in Sealed passage, near Hotspur is^land, between Duke and Annette 

 islands, Alexander archipelago. So named by the Coast Survey in 1886. 



Wesley; creek, tributary to Seattle creek, from the east, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



Wessels; sunken reef, about 18 miles north from ^liddleton island. Discovered by 

 John Wessels, master of the schooner Kodiak, Octobter 25, 1881, and 

 reported to George Davidson and by him to the Coast Survey Office. 



WeM, bay; see Three Arm. 



West; cape, on the northwestern coast of Spruce island, Kodiak group. Named 

 Zapadnie (west) by Murashef in 1839-40. 



West; cape, the westernmost point of Deer island, near Belkofski. So named by 

 the Fish Commission in 1888. 



West; cape, the westernmost point of Saint Lawrence island, Bering sea. Named 

 Zapadnie (west) l)y Tebenkof, 1849. By error of transliteration has been 

 written Sanachno and Sanakno. 



West; creek, tributary to Shovel creek, from the west, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Barnard, 1900. 



West; fork, of Chandlar river, near latitude 67°. Local name, from Schrader, 1899. 



West; hill (265 feet high), on Stuart island, Norton sound. So named by the Coast 

 Survey in 1898. 



West; island, in the Koyukuk river, near longitude 157°. So named by Allen, in 

 1885, "in honor of Lieut. Barrington King West, U. S. A., my classmate 

 and special friend." 



West; island, one of the Kashevarof group, Clarence strait, Alexander archipelago. 

 .So named by Snow in 1886. 



West; peak (1,976 feet high), near Chichagof harbor, on Attn island, western Aleu- 

 tians. So named by Gibson in July, 1855. 



West; peak (5,600 feet high), near Valdes, Prince William sound. So named by 

 Abercrombie in 1898. 



West; point, near anchorage on west shore of Chirikof island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named by Dall in 1874. 



West; point, on the southeastern coast of Seward peninsula, a little east of Point 

 Rodney. Apparently a local designation, published in 1900. 



West; point, the western point of entrance to Chernofski harbor, Unalaska. So 

 named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 



West; point, the western point of entrance to Portage bay, Kupreanof island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1882. 



Wexl, point; see Uvak. 



