^•^'^'^«-] 433 Wes-Wlia. 



West; rock;-, in Dixon entrance, 5 miles southwest from Cape ^Northumberland. So 



named by Nichols in 1883. 

 West: spit, at south end of Cleveland passage, Frederick sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Apparently so named by Nichols in 1891. 

 West Anchor; cove, indenting the southwestern shore of Ikatan island (or penin- 

 sula), near south end of Isanotski strait, Unimak island. So called by 



the Fish Commission in 1888. 

 West Devil; rock, a dangerous sunken reef in Dixon entrance, 10 feet out at low 



water, 14 miles east of Cape Chacon. Found by Capt. James Carroll in 



the Idaho, November 23, 1883. See also East Devil. 

 Western; anchorage, in Sitka harbor, north of Japonski island, and between Chan- 

 nel rock and Harbor rock, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. Local 



name. 

 Western; channel, leading into Sitka harbor, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Zapadnie (western) by the Russians. 

 West Foreland; cape, on the northwestern shore of Cook inlet. So named by 



Vancouver in 1794. It is Zapadnie (west) cape of the Russians, by whom 



the native name is reported to be Kiestotank. 

 West Francis; sunken rock, in Southern rapids, Peril strait, Alexander archipelago. 



Discovered and iiamed by Coghlan, in 1884, after pilot E. H. Francis, who 



was the first person to obtain soundings on it. 

 Wea Georgia. The coast region between Point Barrow and Cape Lisburne, Arctic 



ocean, was so called by Beechey in 1827. Api)arently this name has never 



come into use. 

 West Head; point, the northwestern point of entrance to Popof strait, Shumagin 



islands. So named by Dall in 1872. 

 West Konetz, point; see Dalnoi. 

 W(i<t Kiissna, lake; see Kusawa. 

 West Mill; rock, north of Sawmill cove, in'Howkan strait, Cordova bay, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1881. 

 West Nagai; strait, between Nagai and Andronica islands, Shumagin group. So 



called by Dall in 1874. 

 Wests; peak, on the western shore of Klutina lake. So named by Lowe in 1898. 

 Wevok; Eskimo village, on the Arctic coast, near Cape Lisburne. Eskimo name, 



pulilished by the Hydrographic Office in 1890. 

 . Whale; l)ay, indenting the southwestern shore of Baranof island, Alexander archi- 

 I pelago. Named Keetovaia (whale) by the Russians. The native name 



is reported to be Kay-e-ghlen. It is Port Guibert of La Perouse, in 1786, 



and Port Banks of some authorities. 

 Whale; creek, tributary to Port Wells, from the east, Prince William sound. So 



named by Glenn in 1898. 

 I Whale; island, at Elson bay, near Point Barrow, Arctic ocean. Ajiparently so 

 i named by the British Admiralty in 1855. 



Whale; island, east of and near St. Michael island, Norton sound, Bering sea. So 



called by the Coast Survey in 1898. 

 j Whale; island, one of the Galankin group, Sitka sound, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Kitovie (whale) by Vasilief in 1G09. This name has appeared as 



Quitoway and Whalebone. 

 Whale, islet; see Kita. 

 Whale; passage, separating Thome island from Prince of Wales island, Clarence 



strait, Alexander archipelago. So named liy Snow in 1886. 

 Whale; point, on the eastern shore of Smeaton island, Behm canal, Alexander 

 archipelago. So called by the Coast Survey in 1891. 



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