cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Fireweed Creek (Stream), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (56.5766667, -159.2202778)
Description: on Alaska Peninsula, heads at Island Glacier, flows N 22 mi. to Blueberry Creek, 28 mi. N of Mount Veniaminof; Bristol Bay Low.
History: name reported in 1923 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); published in  1927 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
West Middle River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.6227778, -149.1322222)
Description: Extends N from the Taklanika River to Tanana River about 7 mi SW of Nenana, Tanana Low.
History: Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Capps, 1940, pl. 3).
High Rim (Ridge), Siskiyou County, California (41.9524684, -121.5772023)
Description: 7 miles long. Extends south from the Oregon-California bounday along the west side of Tule Lake to a point 10.5 km (6.5 mi) southwest of the town of Tulelake; [north end] 420000N1213535W, [south end] 415400N1213423W.
Karluk Island (Island), North Slope County, Alaska (70.34, -147.325)
Description: southernmost of McClure Is., on Beaufort Sea coast, Arctic Plain.
History: It is shown on present-day maps as an unnamed island SE of  Jeannette Island. It was originally named Karluk Island by Leffingwell  (1919, p. 96), "after the whalingship Karluk," which, under the command of  Captain Steven Cottle, "kindly towed the yawl halfway to Nome***" in July 1909  (p. 15). The island was identified by Leffingwell as Island Number 19, and  was used as a triangulation station in 1910.
Ashland (Populated Place), Caswell County, North Carolina (36.3298581, -79.5166918)
Description: Located in western Ashe County, 24 km (15 mi) west of Jefferson.
History: Settled in 1886 as Solitude.  The communty name was changed in 1914 to Ashland for Ashe County, named for Samuel Ashe (1725-1813) who served as Governor of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798.  (NC-T11/p15)
Sallie Keyes Lakes (Lake), Fresno County, California (37.2712763, -118.8743491)
Description: In the Sierra Nevada, 1.5 km (0.9 mi) southwest of Mount Senger and 43 km (27 mi) northeast of the community of Shaver Lake.  (US-T121)
History: Named for Kallie Keyes Shipp, whose family ws the principal owner of Blayney Meadows from the 1890's to 1940.  (US-T121)
Mud River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (63.6663889, -157.6944444)
Description: Heads in Tlatl Hills at 640400N, 1565500W flows SW about 29 mi, then S, to the Innoko River 52 mi NW of Ophir, Innoko Low.
History: Local name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1965. The Indian name "Kluklaklatna" was reported in 1908 by A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), See Little Mud  River.
Ignok (historical) (Populated Place), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.2106983, -159.7857037)
Description: "on right bank of Yukon River, near Holy Cross," Innoko Low.
History: Former Eskimo village reported in 1869 as "Ignekasagmi" by  Captain C. W. Raymond, USA. Ivan Petroff listed the name as "Ignokhatskamute" with a population of 175 in the 1880 Census.
Straight Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (61.1552778, -151.8413889)
Description: In Tordrillo Mts., heads at glacier E of Mount Spurr, flows SE to Chakachatna River, 24 mi. W of Tyonek, Alaska Range
History: Named in 1927 by S. R. Capps and R. H. Sargent (in Smith  and others, 1929, pls. 1, 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because of the straight course of the  river."
Little Indian River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.8519444, -154.4516667)
Description: flows NW to Mathews Slough, 25 mi. NNE of Hochandochtla Mtn.,  Kokrines-Hodzaza High.
History: Local name obtained in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographers.
North Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.2405556, -134.5627778)
Description: in Whitewater Bay, on Admiralty I., 17 mi. S of Angoon, Alex.  Arch.
History: Named in 1881 by Commander Glass, U.S. Navy (USN), and published by  US@C&GS in the 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 175). So named because it is off the  North Coast of Whitewater Bay.
Tuomi (Populated Place), Anchorage County, Alaska (61.28, -149.83)
Description: on the NE shore of Tuomi Lake, 4.7 mi. NE of Anchorage, Cook Inlet Low
History: Local name reported in 1942 by Army Map Service (AMS). Recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) maps  indicate a site of five or six buildings.
Little Dutch Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (0, 0)
Description: flows SE to Niukluk River, W of Ophir Creek, about 4 mi. NW of Council and 32 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported on the 1900 "Map of Nome Peninsula" by J. M . Davidson and B. D. Blakeslee. This stream cannot be  precisely located on current maps.
Hutlinana Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.0102778, -150.3319444)
Description: flows SW to Baker Creek, 55 mi. SE of Tanana, Yukon-Tanana High. 28 miles long.
History: Tanana Indian name spelled "Hootlinana" by A. H. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1902.
Halfmile Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.5463889, -133.0266667)
Description: heads in lake, near W coast of Prince of Wales I., flows SW to Klawak Lake, 2.5 mi. E of Klawock, Alex. Arch. 3.5 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander J. F. Moser, U.S. Navy (USN).
Tundra Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.7172222, -150.9830556)
Description: Flows W from a lake to the Kanayut River, 4 mi. E of Kanayut Bluff and 26 mi N of Shainin Lake, Arctic Slope.
History: Named in 1945, by R. E. Fellows, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), while doing  geological investigation.
Whitewater Creek (Stream), Dillingham (CA) County, Alaska (60.8669444, -157.5772222)
Description: flows SW to Kiknik Creek, 7 mi. SW of Taylor Mts. and 63 mi. S of Sleetmute, Kilbuck=Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Local descriptive name reported in 1945 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Big Castle Island (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.6616667, -133.1769444)
Description: one of Castle Is., in Duncan Canal, 13 mi. SW of Petersburg, on SW coast of Kupreanof I., Alex. Arch.; 1 mile long.
History: Local name reported in 1933 by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); so named because it is the largest of the Castle Islands.
Chuttoh Bluffs (Cliff), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.0905556, -147.2163889)
Description: along S bank of Chandalar River, opposite mouth of East Fork Chandalar River, 44 mi. SE of Chandalar, Brooks Range. 4 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Allen River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.36889, -152.03222)
Description: flows S 38 mi. to John River, 8 mi. S of Gunsight Mtn. and 51  mi. W of Wiseman; Brooks Range
History: named in 1930 by Robert Marshall for Lieutenant General Henry Tureman Allen (1859-1930), USA, "the first white man to penetrate north of  the Arctic Circle in the Koyukuk drainage. chosen) would seem an especially appropriate feature * * * because his most northerly point * * * reached was  on the drainage of the John River less than thirty miles below the mouth of the proposed Allen River."
Travelair Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.6533333, -154.4586111)
Description: Heads on the N slope of Kikiktat Mountain and flows NNW to the Oolamnagavik River, 19 mi. N of Kurupa Lake, 30 mi upstream from the Colville River, Brooks  Range
History: So named about 1950 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists during exploration of the Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 because "a Travelair (plane) crashed and burned near the creek."
Walker Creek (Stream), Kenai Peninsula County, Alaska (60.8533333, -149.4325)
Description: on N end of Kenai Peninsula, flows NW to Sixmile Creek, 2 mi. S of  Sunrise and 30 mi. SE of Anchorage, Vhugach Mts.
History: Local prospectors' name; reported about 1914 by B. L. Johnson (in Martin and others, 1915, pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Millichetah Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.3516667, -153.6330556)
Description: flows SW to Alatna River, 25 mi. NE of Walker Lake, Brooks Range
History: Indian name of unknown meaning reported by Robert Marshall  in 1931. The Eskimo names "Akoblooiek" reported by Mendenhall (1902, pl. 4),  U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), or "A-koo-loo-ik" reported by Stoney (1900, map), U.S. Navy (USN), are similar to the present-day name "Akabluak" for a nearby pass.
Owhat River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.5958333, -159.4080556)
Description: heads N of Molybdenum Mtn. and flows SW to Kuskokwim River 3.8 mi. E of Aniak, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: Native name reported by A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1914.
Lane Creek (Stream), Denali County, Alaska (0, 0)
Description: flows NW to Niukluk River, between Camp and Richter Creeks,  about 6 mi. NW of Council and 30 mi. NE of Solomon, Seward Peninsula High.
History: Prospectors' name reported on a prospector's manuscript map dated 1902. This stream cannot be precisely located on current msps. See  Paterson Creek.
Arboles Island (Island), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.4894444, -133.4288889)
Description: in Portillo Channel, on E coast of Lulu I., Alex. Arch.
History: Name given in 1775-79 by Don Juan de la Bodega, Quadra and  Francisco Antonio Maurelle as "Ysla de los Arboles," meaning "island of the trees."
West Fork Chandalar River (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.1883333, -148.515)
Description: flows E to North Fork Chandalar river 5 mi. W of that stream's junction with Middle Fork Chandalar River and 21 mi. S of Chandalar, brooks Range
History: Local name reported in 1912 by A. M. Brooks, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). T. G.  Gerdine, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), shows the name "Granite Creek" on an 1899 fieldsheet.
Craig Creek (Stream), Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska (63.21, -147.265)
Description: flows S to Valdez Creek, 70 mi. SE of Healy, Alaska Range. 3 miles long.
History: Local name obtained in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). changed to "Craig Millar" for a cannery owner (Alaska Sportsman, 1962, no. 12, p. 28). The present name was adopted in 1912 when a post office was established (Ricks, 1965, p. 15). On March 1, 1922, Craig was incorporated. In 1939, with a population of 231, Craig had a salmon cannery, a sawmill and a Customs Office serving as a port of clearance for vessels traveling from British Columbia to the United States (Colby, 1939, p. 145).
Skagway River (Stream), Skagway County, Alaska (59.4497222, -135.3311111)
Description: Heads at glacier terminus in British Columbia, Canada, flows southwest across Alaska-Canada boundary, to Taiya Inlet, 0.65 km (0.4 mi) southwest of Skagway.
History: A Tlingit Indian name said to mean "home of the north wind." Aurel and Arthur Krause (1883, map) recorded "Schkague." In 1891 Lieutenant Commander Nichols, U.S. Navy (USN), wrote "Shkagway."
Nahtuk Mountain (Summit), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (67.5916448, -153.1383421)
Description: in Endicott Mts., 32 mi. SE of Survey Pass, Brooks Range
History: Eskimo name reported by Robert Marshall in 1931. So named because it is at the head of the Nahtuk River. Nahtuk (Natak) means "owl."
Liberty Lake (Lake), Summit County, Utah (40.7357495, -110.8888005)
Description: 0.8 acres; in Wasatch National Forest, 1 mi. ENE of Mount Marsell, 0.4 mi. NW of Ruth Lake; Sec. 14, T4N, R9E, Salt Lake Meridian
History: Named by the Boy Scouts in the 1940s.
Salt Slough (Stream), Merced County, California (37.2943837, -120.896869)
Description: Partly ditched stream heading about 6.4 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Santa Rita Park flowing generally northwest in part through Salt Slough Ditch, to the San Joaquin River about 9.9 km (6.2 mi) east-northeast of Gustine and 36.8 km (23 mi) west of Merced. (US-T121)
Bluff Gulch (Valley), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (67.4473607, -150.0535217)
Description: trends NW to the Middle Fork Koyukuk River, 3 mi. NNE of Wiseman, Brooks Range.
History: Local name reported in 1956 by T. E. Taylor; misapplied on earlier maps to Coon Gulch.
Swimming Place Point (Cape), Dukes County, Massachusetts (41.3717839, -70.5055817)
Description: On Martha's Vineyard, extends E into N end of Katama Bay 1.3 mi S of Edgartown; Town of Edgartown.
History: Reportedly the name originated years ago when at lowtide farmers drove their cattle across the water at this point to pasture on Chappaquiddick Island (Board on Geographic Names (BGN) files); name applied to present Snows Point on earlier map (Walling 1871).
Quander Brook (Stream), Fairfax County, Virginia (38.7916667, -77.0558333)
Description: Flows northeast through the Spring Bank neighborhood, along the east side of U S Route 1, to enter Hunting Creek, 0.5 km (0.3 mi) upstream of its junction with the Potomac River.
History: Named for Charles Henry Quander (1840-1919) and Amanda Bell Quander (1848-1918), longtime residents of the area.
Big Bar Mountain (Summit), Butte County, California (39.777198, -121.427434)
Description: Located in secs 8 and 9,T22N,R5E, Mount Diablo Meridian. At the head of Chino Creek, 1.6 km (1 mi) northeast of Hungery Hunt Peak, 1.9 km (1.2 mi) east of North Fork Feather River and 3.2 km (2 mi) south-southeast of the settlement of Pulga. (US-T121)
Chitina Glacier (historical) (Glacier), Copper River County, Alaska (61.015717, -141.085052)
Description: Heads in Canada, west of Mount Steele at about 610500N1403000W, trends west 29 miles to its terminus in Alaska at head of Chitina River, 121  miles northwest NW of Yakutat; St. Elias Mountains. (AK-T1) Heads in Canada, north of Mount Lucania and flows west to merge with Logan Glacier.
History: Named by the International Boundary Commission (IBC) survey crew in 1912-13 and published in 1916 on Sheet 35. (AK-T1)
Winding Creek (Stream), Aleutians East County, Alaska (54.8505556, -164.5647222)
Description: flows NW to Bering Sea, 2 mi. S of Oksenof Point, on NW coast  of Unimak I., Aleutian Islands.
History: This stream was originally called Snake River by the 1939 U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) field party because "***this river is very crooked." The name, however, was changed the following year to Winding Creek, thought to be more  appropriate "***since the stream is small to be called a river and the name snake might be thought to indicate the presence of many reptiles in it."
Mount Houghton (Summit), Washoe County, Nevada (39.3340687, -119.9393656)
Description: In the Carson Range, 0.97 km (0.6 mi) WSW of Mount Rose and 11 km (6.8 mi) N of Incline Village. Located in secs 14 and 15,T17N,R18E, Mount Diablo Meridian.
History: Named for John G. Houghton (1940-1979), a professor of geography at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Guibert Islets (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (56.6466667, -135.1677778)
Description: between Necker and Whale Bays, on SW coast of Baranof I., Alex.  Arch.
History: Named in 1883 by W. H. Dall, US@C&GS; originally named  "Necker Isles" by La Perouse on September 5, 1786 (Wagner, 1937, p. 475); in  1850 it was called "O(stro) va Yaichnyya," meaning "Egg Islands," by the  Russian American Company.
Alkalugen Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.7830556, -166.1888889)
Description: flows SW to Chukchi Sea, 7 mi. S of Cape Lisburne, Arctic Slope. 3 miles long.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1950 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); spelled Ah-kah-loo-gen.
Mud Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.3155556, -133.3427778)
Description: flows S to Red Bay, on N coast of Prince of Wales I., 12 mi. E of Point Baker, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1886 by Lieutenant J. M. Helm, U.S. Navy (USN) for charting purposes; name published in 1887 on U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) Chart 706.
Cape Denbigh (Cape), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.3811111, -161.5341667)
Description: at E end of Norton Sound, southernmost tip of Reindeer Hills,  12 mi. WNW of Shaktolik, Nulato Hills
History: named on September 11, 1778, by Captain cook (1785, v. 2, p.  477), Royal Navy (RN). The Eskimo name is "Nuklit" (Baker, 1906, p. 214). that the old Kuskokwim /Tanana/ Indian name for McKinley would forever be preserved on a prominent feature near the top of the peak."
French Gulch (Valley), Denali County, Alaska (63.8662551, -148.767409)
Description: trends SE to Healy Creek, 6 mi. E of Healy, Alaska Range. 1.7 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1910 by S. R. Capps (in Brooks and others, 1918, pl. 17), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Baby Islands (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (53.99, -166.0663889)
Description: in Fox Islands, the group extends 2 miles into Akutan Pass, Aleutian Islands.
History: Local name; reported by J. J. Gilbert, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), commander of the steamer, Pathfinder, during 1900-01. Marcus Baker (1906) published both "Baby Islands" and "Seagull Islets," and notes (p. 556) that they are "locally known as Chaiki (gull) rocks." The islands were named "O(strova) Chayachi" or "Chayachi Islands" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 26), Imperial Russian Navy (IRN). In 1871 they were called "Gull Rocks" by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who "established a tide gage upon one of them."
Jewell Valley (Valley), San Diego County, California (32.6108384, -116.2512064)
Description: Heads 2.2 km (1.4 mi) south of Manaznita and 2.6 km (1.6 mi) north of Rattlesnake Mountain, trends southeast along Boundary Creek to the east slope of Boundary Peak on the State of California-Mexico boundary.  (US-T121)
Bell Island (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.9922222, -135.7705556)
Description: near the head of Port Frederick, 15 mi. SW of Hoonah, on N central Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in the 1925 Coast Pilot (p. 345).
Junekaket Slough (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.8827778, -154.9294444)
Description: An anabranch of Yukon River, flows W around Ham Islnd, 31 km (19 mi) NE  of Ruby, Nowitna Low.
History: Indian name obtained at Ruby in 1956 by Orth.
Rampart Gorge (Valley), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (65.2606309, -151.3210159)
Description: of Yukon River, extends SW 20 mi. from Garnet Island, 27 mi. NW of Tanana, Kokrines-Hodzana Highlands.
History: Descriptive name used in the late 1800's. "This canyon is one of the most beautiful and spectacular of the Yukon River."
Dome Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.1266667, -150.8627778)
Description: heads on Serpentine Ridge and flows S to Quartz Creek, 4.5 mi. S of Roughtop Mtn. and 36 mi. E of Tanana, Yukon-Tanana High. 1.5 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1952 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Avoss Lake (Lake), Sitka County, Alaska (56.6933294, -134.9310356)
Description: 5 mi. NE of Whale Bay, on S central Baranof I., Alex. Arch. 1.7 mile long.
History: Named in 1935 byU.S. Forest Service (USFS)"for the first ship to be built in the Sitka Shipyard, 1806."
McCall Glacier (Glacier), North Slope County, Alaska (69.2821635, -143.8204843)
Description: On the NW side of Mount Hubley, in the Romanzof Mountains, trends N. to its terminus at the head of McCall Creek, 7 mi W of the Jago River and 9 mi ESE of Mount Michelson, Brooks Range
History: Named in 1956 by R. C. Hubley for Dr. John Gill McCall, glaciologist, University of Alaska, died in 1954.
Punta San Faustino (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (55.4256789, -133.237291)
Description: on the east side of San Juan Bautista Island in Bucareli Bay;  Alex. Arch.
History: named about June 2, 1779, by Francisco Antonio Maurelle,  "although the day of the Saint is May 22" (Wagner, 1937, p. 499).
Harding County (Civil), Harding County, South Dakota (45.5803503, -103.4957675)
Description: Located in northwestern South Dakota along the boundary with North Dakota and Montana, 198 km (123 mi) north of Rapid City; County Seat:  Buffalo.
History: On the 1884 map, Harding County is represented as a narrow strip comprising the northern part of current Butte County and a like amount of southern Harding. Its present boundaries was created in 1908. (SD-T17/p. 27)
Campers Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.7836111, -176.44)
Description: Just S of the narrowest part of Kagalaska Strait, E coast of Adak Island, Aleutian Islands. 0.4 mile wide.
History: Named by members of the U.S. Navy Aleutian Island Survey Expedition in 1934, "for its good campsite and trappers' hut."
Elovoi Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.5652778, -135.4661111)
Description: in Peril Strait, 1 mi. NW of Duffield Peninsula, on Baranof I., 13 mi. SE of Chichagof; Alex. Arch. 0.1 mile long.
History: Russian name meaning "spruce," given in 1833 by the navigator Ensign Vasiliev, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN); published in 1848 on Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1397 as "Os(trov) Yelovoy."
Little Branch Bay (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (56.3163889, -134.8191667)
Description: empties into Branch Bay, 8 mi. NW of village of Port Alexander,  on S coast of Baranof I.; Alex. Arch.
History: name published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 132);  derived from "Bukhta Maloy Strylky (from Strelka)," meaning "little arrow bay"; published by the Russian American Company in 1850.
May Lake (Lake), North Slope County, Alaska (68.6245528, -152.9961873)
Description: at head of Canoe Creek between Canoe Hills and Fortress Creek, 47 mi. NW of Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Slope
History: Named in 1944 by W. W. Patton, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for a May camp during  the exploration of Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4.
Oak Point (Cape), Cass County, Minnesota (47.1666231, -94.574157)
Description: Located on N shore of Leech Lake, SE of Steamboat Ba y, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) SE of Minnesota Island, 8 km (5 mi) N of Walker, 40 kim (25 mi) SE of Bemidji, in the Leech Lake Indian Reservation.
History: Named for the oak trees growing in the area.
Cape Uganik (Cape), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.9666667, -153.5058333)
Description: at NW tip of Uganik I., N coast of Kodiak I.
History: Name derived from Uganik Island and published as "M(ys) Uganik" or "Cape Uganik" by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 23). Called East Point  in 1897 by Lieutenant Commander Moser, U.S. Navy (USN), of U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (USBF) steamer Albatross.
Return Creek (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (62.0405556, -158.5541667)
Description: flows W to Montana Creek 5.5 mi. S of its junction with Iditarod  River and 40 mi. SE of Holy Cross, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.
History: "Named by Matt De Courcy, prospector in 1911 and refers to  the fact that he intended to return someday to a quicksilver prospect near  the head of this creek."
Stibnite Creek (Stream), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (63.2355556, -143.835)
Description: Flows SW to the Tok River, 2.5 mi above the mouth of Shindata Creek, 27 mi. W of Tok, Alaska Range.
History: Local name published by A. H. Brooks (1916, p. 62), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); given in 1914 because of the discovery of stibnite (the primary ore of  antimony) in the vicinity of this stream.
Blind Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.8319444, -176.4527778)
Description: on E coast of Adak I., Aleutian Islands. 0.4 mile wide.
History: So named in 1934 by members of the U.S. Navy Aleutian Island Survey Expedition, "because it is readily mistaken for the entrance to Kagalaska Strait."
Ophir Creek (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.8669444, -135.1141667)
Description: flows SW into Sherman Creek, 1 mi. E to Comet, on Lynn Canal and 46 mi. NW of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Local name reported by R. B. Oliver, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1906 and  published in 1908.
Krishka Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (56.6038889, -134.9930556)
Description: in Whale Bay, off SE coast of Baranof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Russian word, "kryshka" meaning "cover," given in 1925 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because the island closes the entrance to Kritoi Basin. The  descriptive name "Cone Island" was used for this island in 1924 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because of "its marked resemblance to an inverted cone, when seen from the  northwestward."