Yak-V«.. ^^2 [BULL. 187. 



Yakak— ("•'iitiiuu'd. 



as the Aleut word iov jiirirood or driftwood. The name has been written 



Jachach. 



Yakchilak; Eskimo village, on the Kuskokwim river, left bank, near its mouth. 

 Native name, reported by Spurr and Post, of the Geological Survey, in 

 1S!»S, as Yaohtshiliigamut, i. e., Yakchilak people. 



Yakhk, cape; see Aklek. 



Yakobi; i.'^land, the northwesternmost of the Alexander archipelago. So named by 

 Lisianski, in 1804, presumably in honor of Gen. Ivan Yakobi. Also writ- 

 ten Jacob, Jacobi, Jacobieff, etc. See also Chichagof. 



Ydk'inii, i>oint; see Anchorage. 



Yaktag; cape, near Mount St. Elias, southeastern Alaska. Apitarently a native 

 name, first applied by Tebenkof as Yaktaga in 1849. Has also appeared 

 as Yakaio and Yakiao. 



Yakutat; l)ay, in the St. Elias region, southeastern Alaska. Visited, in 1786, by La 

 Perouse wdio called it Baie de jNIonti. In the same year Portlock named 

 it Admiralty bay. The Spaniards a little later, following Portlock, called 

 it Almiralty and Almirantazzo. Lisianski, in 1805, called it Jacootat and 

 Yacootat. On the supposition that the bay was visited by Bering, in 1741, 

 it has been called by his name. Usage has, however, settled upon the 

 native name Yakutat. 



Yitkntal, colony; see Glory of Kussia. 



Yakutat; glacier, between Dry and Yakutat bays, southeastern Alaska. Name 

 ])ul)lished by the Coast Survey in 1895. 



Yakutat; po.st-otiice and village, on the southeastern shore of Yakutat bay, south- 

 eastern Alaska. Native name. Post-office established in March, 1898. 



YukulskaUtnik; native village on right bank of the Yukon, at the mouth of Auto 

 river. Name from Eaymond, 1869. Not found on recent maps. 



Yale; creek, tributary to Igloo creek, from the north, Seward peninsula. Name 

 from Brooks, 1900. 



Yale; glacier, tributary to the head of College fiord, Port Wells, Prince William 

 sound. So named by the Harriman Expedition in 1899. Near it is Har- 

 vard glacier of the same expedition. These two were called Twin glaciers 

 by Captain Glenn in 1899. 



Yalik; native village, on Nuka bay, Kenai peninsula. Native name, reported by 

 Petrof in 1880. 



Yamani; islets, off the entrance to Necker bay, Baranof island, Alexander archipel- 

 ago. Named Yamani (full of pits or holes) by the Kussians as early as 1850. 



Yana; glacial stream, from the Malaspina glacier, debouching near Icy bay. 

 Native name, reported by Russell in 1891. The termination ua means 

 river. Has also been printed Yahna. 



Y(ni(iliuii, cape; see Bog. 



Yancarnie; bay, indenting the southern shore of Alaska peninsula, north of Sutwik 

 island. Name published by the Coast Survey in 1900. 



Ydngiiiiak, island; see Little Koniuji. 



Yankee; point, on the western shore of Portland canal, near its head. Name pub- 

 lished by the Coast Survey in 1897. 



Yankee; river, tributary to Mint river, in western part of Seward i)eninsula. Local 

 name, from the prospectors. 



Yaponski, island; see Japonski. 



Yarboro; inlet, on the Arctic coast, east of the mouth of Colville river. Named 

 Yai-borough by Sir John Franklin in August, 1826. 



Yasha; island, at junction of Chatham strait and Frederick sound, Alexander archi- 

 pelago. Named Yasha (Jakey, diminutive of Jacob) by the Russians. 



