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434 [Bl'LL. 187, 



Whale: point, tlie western point of Lukanin bay, St. Paul island, Pribilof group, 



Bering sea. Called ' ' Ketavie ( of a whale) , ' ' says Elliott, because ' ' a large 



right whale was stranded there in (?) 1849." 

 Whale; rock (15 feet above high water), northeast of Duke island, Revillagigedo 



channel, Alexander archipelago. Presumably so named by local pilots 



about 1880. 

 Whalfbonc, bay; see Usof. 

 Whalebone; cape, between Usof and Three Island bays, on south coast of Unalaska. 



So named by the Fish Commission in 1888. 

 Whalfbonc, island; see Whale. 

 Whaley; point, the northernmost point of Revillagigedo island, Behiu canal, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Vanvouver in 1793. 

 Whidbey; point, on the western shore of Lynn canal, southeastern Alaska. So 



named by Davidson, in 1867, after Lieut. Joseph Whidbey, R. N., who 



was one of Vancouver's principal assistants during his explorations and 



survevs in this region, 1792-1795. Meade, in 1867, called it Grant point. 



Erroneously Whidby. 

 Whipple; mountain (6,0.33 feet high), between Iskoot and Katete rivers, and about 



7 miles from the Stikine. So named by Hunter in 1877. Erroneously 



AVipple. 

 Whiskey; bay, indenting the northernmost end of Pearse island, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Local name, published by Nichols in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 76). 

 WMslk, rock; see Thistle. 

 White; l)luff, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. Name published by the Coast 



Survey in 1894. 

 White; cliff, of snow, on the southern side of Newton glacier, St. Elias alps. So 



called by Russell in 1891. 

 White; cliff, on southwestern shore of Heceta island, Alexander archipelago. Ap- 

 parently a local descriptive name; not shown on existing charts. Name 



published by Nichols in the Coast Pilot (1891, p. 122). 

 White; glacier, near Muir inlet, Glacier bay, southeastern Alaska. Descriptive 



name, given by Reid in 1890. 

 White; gulch, at head of Port Dolores, Bucareli bay. Prince of Wales archipelago. 



Called Arroyo bianco (white gulch) by Maurelle and Quadra in 1775-1779. 

 117(1^', island; see Error. 

 White; mountain, near the head of Golofnin sound, Seward peninsula. Local name, 



f)uljlished in 1900. 

 White; mountains, on the mainland, west of Lynn canal, southeastern Alaska. So 



named l)y Symonds in 1880. 

 White; pass (2,886 feet high), at the head of Skagway river, southeastern Alaska. 



So named by Ogilvie, in 1887, after the Hon. Thomas White, minister of 



the interior (of Canada). Perhaps identical with Shasheki of Dall, in the 



Coast Pilot (1883, p. 200). 

 White; point, in northern entrance to Keku strait, Kupreanof island, Alexander 



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



1891. 

 White; ])oint, on the eastern shore of Portland canal. So named by Pender in 



1868. Just north of it are some white cliffs. 

 White; point, the westernmost point of Duke island, Gravina group, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Nichols in 1883. 

 Wliili; point; see Shoals. 

 White; reef, in Revillagigedo channel, at entrance to Boca de Quadra, southeastern 



Alaska. Descriptive name, given by Nichols in 1883. 



