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Alaska — (continued.) 



Besboro Island. A small islet, about 4 miles N.& S., in the easternmost 

 part of Norton Sound and within 12 miles of the eastern shore. It 

 is 45 n. miles NE. from St. Michael and 15 n. miles nearly directly 

 south from Cape Denbigh. Its position is Lat. 64°08' N. and Long. 

 161°20' W. 



Cape Denbigh. This is the SE. point of entrance to Norton Bay which, 

 in turn, is the extreme NE. part of Norton Sound. Its position is 

 Lat. 64°16' N. and Long. 161°43' W. 



Cape Dyer. There are five capes at the northwestern part of the great 

 delta of the Yukon River, the northern most of which is Cape Dyer. 

 Its position is Lat. 61°51' N. and Long. 166°06' W. 



Cape Nome. This is the long, low, rounding cape, between Cape Rodney 

 (on the west) and Cape Darby (on the east), called the Middle Cape 

 by the Russians. Its position is Lat. 64°25' N. and Long. 165°05' W. 



Cormorant Rocks. A small cluster of rocks, exposed at low tide in Uyak 

 Bay, one-half mile SSE. from the Uyak Anchorage under Harvester 

 Island. Their position is Lat. 57°37' N. and Long. 153 c 581' W. 



Captains Bay. This is more properly Captains Harbor, the head of the 

 broad and extensive Bay of Unalaska. The NW. point of entrance lies 

 in Lat. 53°53' N. and Long. 166°32' W. 



Cook Inlet. This is that great arm of the Bacific waters reaching a higher 

 latitude than any other east of the Beninsula of Alaska. It lies 

 between the mainland volcanic range of Redoubt and Iliamna on the 

 west and the Kenai Beninsula on the east. Its entrance is between 

 Cape Elizabeth on the east and Cape Douglas on the west, where it is 

 46 n. miles wide. Its general direction is NE., and in approaching 

 the head it swings to the east with a mouth 15 miles wide. The 

 position of Cape Elizabeth is Lat. 59°06' N. and Long. 151°48' W. 



Delarof Harbor. A moderately deep harbor on the SE. arm of Unga 

 Island. The position of the entrance is Lat. 55°10' N. and Long. 

 160°25' W. 



Douglas. A small village on Douglas Island, on the sou'th side of 

 Gastineau Channel, opposite Juneau. 



Dutch Harbor. In the deep Bay of Unalaska, there is on the NW. side 

 of the Bay or Harbor of Iliuliuk, a long gravel and boulder ridge that 

 forms a good Harbor. It has been called also Lincoln Harbor, from 

 the U.S. Revenue Cutter Lincoln (in 1867), later Ulakhta Harbor 

 (TJ.S.C. & G. Survey, 1869), and finally Dutch Harbor. The position 

 of the end of the gravel spit is Lat. 53°53'57" N. and Long. 166°- 

 28'35" W. 



Glacier Bay. An extensive fiord, stretching from the north shore of Icy 

 Strait of the Russians and Cross Sound of the English, for 40 n. miles 

 to the NW. and receiving the waters from the Muir and 6 other 

 glaciers. The entrance is 3i miles wide, between Point Gustavus on 



