tAKER] 439 Woo-Wor. 



Wooded; cape, on the southwestern shore of Spruce island, Kodiak group. Named 



Liesnoi (wooded) by Murashef in 1839-40. 

 Wooded; islands, near Montague island, Prince William sound. Described by 

 Vancouver, in 1794, and apparently named by the Coast Survey in 1869. 

 Wooded; islet, off the northwestern shore of Spruce island, Kodiak group. Named 



Liesistoi (wooded) by Murashef in 1839-10. 

 Wooden; islet, near Cape Ommaney, Chatham strait, Alexander archipelago. Named 

 by Vancouver, in 1794, after Isaac Wooden, a member of his party, who 

 fell overboard and was drowned in its vicinity. 

 Woodhouse; point, the southern point of Biorka island, Sitka sound, Alexander 

 archipelago. Vancouver, in 1794, gave this name to the "southeast point 

 of a spacious opening whose northwest point was formed by Cape Edge- 

 cumbe, and which comprised Dixon's Norfolk Sound. From the bear- 

 ings and distance given by Vancouver it seems evident that he applied 

 the name to some part of the high land immediately to the westward of 

 the western part of Crawfish Inlet, which, from his distance from the 

 shore and the consequent invisibility of many of the low islets of the 

 Necker group, appeared like the southeastern headland of the sound. His 

 text and charts are in accord on this question. As early as 1818, how- 

 ever, bearing in mind the intention rather than the erroneous location, 

 the name was applied on the chart of Sitka, and by Russian naval offi- 

 cers and forming No. XIX of the old Eussian series, to the south point of 

 Biorka Island, which has since been known by the name of Woodhouse." 

 Has also been written, erroneously, Wodehouse. 

 Woods; creek, tributary to the headwaters of Canyon creek, in the Fortymile 



mining region. Local name, obtained by Barnard in 1898. 

 Woodworth; glacier, tributary to Tasnuna river, between Port Valdes and the 

 Copper river. Named by Schrader, in 1898, after Mr. Jay Backus Wood- 

 worth, of Harvard University. 

 Woody; inlet, in Peard bay, Arctic coast. So called on British Admiralty charts. 



According to John Murdoch, its native name is Ku-ah-ru, 

 Woody; island, near St. Paul, Chiniak bay, Kodiak. Named Liesnoi (woody) by 



Lisianski in 1804. Often called Wood island. 

 Woody; island, west of Blind point, in Wrangell strait, Alexander archipelago. 



Named Liesnoi (woody) by Lindenberg in 1838. 

 Woodif, islet; see Liesnoi. 

 Woody; point, the north point of entrance to Whitewater bay. Admiralty island, 



Alexander archipelago. So named by Meade in 1869. 

 Wooleik, river; see Wulik. _ 



WooUey; cape, on the western shore of Seward peninsula, a little south of Port 

 ' Clarence. Named AVoolley by Beechey in 1826. Has also been written 

 Wollev and Wool v. 

 Wooly Head; precipitous bluff (about 2,000 feet high), on the western shore of Nagai 

 island, Shumagin group. So named by the fishermen, prior to 1871, on 

 account of the violent gusts of wind, called WooUes, experienced there. 

 This word is supposed to be («) either a Patagonian word for a violent 

 local gust or (6) to come from the white foam on the water, resembhng 

 washed wool, which the wind produces. 

 Woronkofski; island, between Wrangell and Zarembo islands, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named bv the Russians, after Lieutenant Woronkofski, ot the 

 Russian navy, whJ in 1836 explored the southern shore of Alaska penin- 

 sula Variously written Voronkowski, Voronkoffski, etc. 

 Woronkofski; point, the northernmost pointj.f Woronkofski island, Alexander 

 archipelago. So named by Dall in 1879. 



