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Wll— Wis. 



■ Wilson; point, on the eastern side of Portaire l)ay, Alaska peninsula. Name pub- 



lished in Hydrogi-aphie Office Notice to Mariners No. 48, 1893. 

 Wilson; point, the south point of entrance to Wilson cove, Admiralty island, Alex- 

 ander archipelago. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1896. 

 I Wimbledon; point, the western point of entrance to Dundas bay. Cross sound, 

 ' Alexander archipelago. So named by Vancouver in 1794. Erroneously 



Winbledon on some charts. 

 Wind; point, on the northwestern shore of Thomas bay, Frederick sound, Alexander 



archipelago. So named by Thomas in 1887. 

 Windfall; harbor. Admiralty island, Seymour canal, Alexander archipelago. So 



named Ijy Mansfield in 1889. 

 Windfall; island, in Seymour canal, Admiralty island, Alexander archipelago. So 



named by ]\Iansfield in 1889. 

 ^ Windham; bay, indenting the mainland coast, Frederick sound, southeastern Alaska. 



So named by Call in the Coast Pilot (1883, p. 129). 

 Windham; mountain (3,263 feet high), on the mainland, north of Windham bay, 



southeastern Alaska. So n^med by Meade in 1869. 

 Windham; point, on the mainland coast, the north point of entrance to Windliam 



■ bay, and the southeastern point of entrance to Stephens passage, south- 

 P eastern Alaska. So named by Vancouver in 1794. 



■ Windom; glacier, on the mainland, near Taku inlet, southeastern Alaska. So named 



by the Coast Survey, in 1890, after Hon. William Windom, Secretary of 



the Treasury. 

 Windy; creek, tributary to right fork of the Bluestone river, from the south, Seward 



peninsula. Name from Barnard, 1900. 

 Windy; creek, tributary to the Kugruk river, from the west, Seward peninsula. 



Name from Brooks, 1900. 

 Windy; creek, tributary to Sinuk river, from the north, Seward peninsula. Name 



from Barnard, 1900. 

 Wingham; island, east of and near the mouth of Copper river. So named by Van- 

 couver in 1794. It is Mitchell's island of Portlock and Meares in 1787-88. 

 *The native name, according to Tebenkof, is Shiganik. Often called 

 Mitchell's or Wingham island. 

 Winner; creek, tributary to Glacier creek, from the east, near head of Turnagain 



arm, Cook inlet. Local name, published in 1899. 

 Winslow; point, the eastern point of entrance to Mary island anchorage, Mary 



» island, Alexander archipelago. So named, prior to 1883, by local pilots, by 



whom the name was applied to the west point of entrance, now called 

 Giant point. See Giant. 

 Winstanley; island, in Behm canal, between Smeaton and Rudyerd bays, Alex- 



^ander archipelago. Named by Dall, in 1879, after the English engineer 

 Winstanley, who built the first Eddystone light-house in 1696-1699, and 

 who lost his life there in 1703. 

 Winter; anchorage, in St. Paul harboi', Ivodiak. So called by Lisianski in 1804. 



It is the Krestof (cross) bay of Russian naval officers in 1808-1810. 

 Winter; harbor, indenting the northwestern shore of Pearse island, Pearse canal. 



So named by the Coast Survey in 1891. 

 Winthrop; spur, of mountain on north bank of the Koyukuk, near longitude 156°. 



Also called Point Winthrop. Name from Schrader in 1899. 

 Wipph:, mountain; see Whipple, 

 i Wiseman; creek, tributary to Middle fork of the Koyukuk, from the east, near 

 ' longitude 150°. Prospectors' name, reported by Schrader in 1899. 



I Wislow; islet, near Cape Cheerful, on the northern shore of Unalaska. So called 

 by the Fish Commission in 1888. Perhaps this is an error for Winslow. 



