cellos/DomesticNames_AllStates_Text huggingface dataset:
Rader Gulch (Valley), Copper River County, Alaska (61.3443066, -142.4278258)
Description: extends NE to Copper Creek, 0.7 mi. SE of junction of Texas Creek and Copper Creek, 0.9 mi. SE of Lime Butte and 17 mi. SE of McCarthy, St. Elias Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1908 by D. C. Witherspoon, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Willis Hole (Lake), Siskiyou County, California (41.6892852, -123.6672875)
Description: In the Siskiyou Mountains 1.6 km (1 mi) east of Stevens Mountain and 30.4 km (19 mi) southeast of Gasquet. (US-T121)
History: Named for Willis Jepson (1867-1946), botanist, who is still the recognized authority on the plants of California. (US-T121)
Mount Ruhamah (Summit), Yakutat County, Alaska (59.7169447, -139.2103692)
History: According to "Second Expedition to Mount Saint Elias", by Israel Cook Russell [published in U.S. Geological Survey, 13th annual report, 1891-92, pt. 2., p.88], "named in honor of Miss E. [Eliza] Ruhama Scidmore, the author of a charming book on journeys in Alaska."
Studer Creek (Stream), Stark County, Ohio (40.6525, -81.4875)
Description: In Bethlehem Township, heads 3.2 km (2 mi) E of Beach City, flows E to enter the Tuscarawas River 2.6 km (1.6 mi) W of Bolivar
History: Named for Simon Studer (1892-1973), who owned a dairy farm along the stream
Weinheimer Gulch (Valley), Idaho County, Idaho (45.4348201, -116.5881792)
Description: Trends NW to Hells Canyon, 2.4 km (1.5 mi) SW of Sheep Creek Point and 20.9 km (13 mi) W of Riggins. Located in secs 9 and 10,T24N,R2W, Boise Meridian.
History: Named for Bert Weinheimer who settled at the mouth of the gulch prior to 1910.
Hoktaheen Lake (Lake), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.0534656, -136.5107541)
Description: on N part of Yakobi I., 39 mi. W of Hoonah, Alex. Arch.
History: Local name reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1948, derived from Hoktaheen Creek on which it is located.
Moran Point (Summit), Mariposa County, California (37.735372, -119.584338)
Description: In Yosemite National Park, on the south wall of Yosemite Valley, at mile marker 128 of the Merced River, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) west of Curry Village and 0.8 km (0.5 mi) northwest of Glacier Point. (US-T121)
Cape Ikti (Cape), Lake and Peninsula County, Alaska (55.9813889, -158.5041667)
Description: on S coast of Alaska Peninsula, between Seal and Kuiukta Bays, 21 mi. S of Chignik, Aleutian Range
History: Aleut name published as "Mys Ikhti," or "Cape Ikhti" or Russian Hydrographic Dept. Chart 1379 (1847), and as "Mys Itkhi," or "Cape Itkhi"  by Captain Tebenkov (1852, map 24).
Eliot Glacier (Glacier), Copper River County, Alaska (61.39309, -147.673112)
Description: heads on Mount Marcus Baker trends SE to Harvard Glacier, 47 mi. NE of Valdez, Chugach Mts. 7 miles long.
History: Named in 1910 by Lawrence Martin (Tarr and Martin, 1914, p. 298), for Charles William Eliot, 1834-1926, former president of Harvard College.
Cochichewick River (Stream), Essex County, Massachusetts (42.7084245, -71.1342242)
Description: Heads in Lake Cochichewick at 424123N0710625W, flows NW for 1.6 miles to the Merrimack River just N of North Andover; Town of North Andover.
History: Indian name meaning "at the wild dashing stream" (Douglas-Lithgow 1909).
The Twins (Island), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.4213889, -133.5416667)
Description: in Stephens Passage, 3 mi. W of Hobart Bay and 72 mi. NE of  Sitka, Coast Mts.
History: Descriptive name given in 1869 by Commander R. W. Meade, (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), 1883, p. 129), U.S. Navy (USN).
East Fork South Fork Whitewater River (Stream), San Bernardino County, California (34.0475122, -116.806964)
Description: Heads on the south slope of San Gorgonio Mountain, 0.48 km (0.3 mi) southwest of The Tarn, flows south-southeast to South Fork Whitewater River, 20.8 km (13 mi) west of the village of Morongo Valley.  (US-T121)
Pine Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.3041667, -133.3444444)
Description: flows E to W shore of Red Bay, between Goose and Duck Creeks,  on N coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1886 by Lieutenant J. M. Hlem, U.S. Navy (USN), for charting  purposes; name published in 1887 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) on Chart 706.
Kadi Creek (Stream), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (53.5166667, -167.8666667)
Description: flowing N to Bering Sea, 3.2 mi. W of Cape Idak on NE tip of Umnak I., Aleutian Islands.
History: Name published by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (in Byers, 1959, pl. 41). This name  may have been derived from the Aleutian word "kadigukuq," meaning "it stands  against; it is in front of" (in Geoghegan, 1944, p. 112), and have been shortened for cartographic convenience.
Wilcox Lakes (Lake), Skagit County, Washington (48.6011578, -121.1730049)
Description: In North Cascades National Park and Stephen Mather Wilderness, located along the East Fork Newhalem Creek, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) NE of Stout Lake.
History: Named for Paul B. Wilcox (?-1990) who discovered the lakes in 1955.
Ballarat Creek (Stream), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (65.9147222, -164.2922222)
Description: flows NW to Humbolt Creek, 13 mi. NE of Midnight Mtn. and 37 mi. NW of Imuruk Lkae, Seward Peninsula High. 11 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1901 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (Collier, 1902, pl.12).
Lake Bonin (Reservoir), Bradford County, Pennsylvania (41.8769469, -76.2718453)
Description: 27 acres in size. In Orwell Township, 0.8 km (0.5 mi) southeast of the community of Orwell, 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Towanda.
History: Named for Frank Bonin (1925- 2006) who was responsible for the reservoir’s construction in the early 1970’s.
Dogtooth Bend (Bend), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (61.9013889, -162.6586111)
Description: in Yukon River, at mouth of Reindeer River, 19 mi. W of  Marshall, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Riverboat pilots' name shown on a fieldsheet by R. H. Sargent, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in 1916.
Castle Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.5527778, -152.7205556)
Description: flows NW to Kiruktagiak River, W of Castle Mtn., 38 mi. NW of Anaktuvuk Pass, Arctic Slope. 6.5 miles long.
History: Named in 1951 by W. W. Patton, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), for nearby mountain.
Loomis Glacier (Glacier), Hoonah-Angoon County, Alaska (58.9315014, -136.4239407)
Description: in Glacier Bay National Monument, heads NE of Emerson Peaks, flows N to Plateau Glacier, 68 mi. NW of Hoonah, St. Elias Mts.
History: Named by members of the American Geographical Society's Glacier Bay Expedition of 1941 (Field, 1947, map) for Henry B. Loomis, a  companion of John Muir on his trip to the Muir Glacier in 1890.
Goose Creek (Stream), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.3066667, -133.3436111)
Description: flows E to W shore of Red Bay, on N coast of Prince of Wales I., Alex. Arch. 0.8 mile long.
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.
Mutt Cove (Bay), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.9344444, 177.4958333)
Description: E of Jeff Cove, on S coast of Kiska I., Aleutian Islands.
History: An arbitrary name beginning with "M" to correspond to "M" grid used by the U. S. Army for tactical purposes during World War II;  published on a 1943 Army map.
Duitatuk Lake (Lake), Yukon-Koyukuk County, Alaska (68.1814425, -145.3796963)
Description: 3 mi. NW of Tikyitsal Mtn. and 5 mi. NE of Arctic Village, Brooks Range. 1.8 miles long.
History: Kutchin Indian name obtained at Arctic Village in 1956 by T. E. Taylor, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mount Le Conte (Summit), Tulare County, California (36.5416166, -118.2522251)
Description: In Sequoia National Park, on the Inyo County and Tulare County boundary, just northwest of Mount Corcoran.  (US-T121)
History: Named for Professor Joseph Le Conte (1823-1901), University of California (1869-1901), a scientist of world-wide reputation, especially qualified in geology, chemistry and natural history.  (US-T121)
Dunn Butte (Summit), Coconino County, Arizona (36.0846646, -111.9925887)
History: Named in 1906 by Frank Bond (AZ-T101/p. 218) for William H. Dunn of the First Powell Grand Canyon Expedition (1869).  He was a member of the Howland brothers party, all of whom were murdered by Shivwits Indians 75 or 80 miles beyond the G rand Canyon National Park (US-T121).
Inaru River (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (70.9136111, -156.1463889)
Description: heads in Lake Itinik, at 7039N,15830W, flows NE to Kuyanak Bay, in Meade River Delta, 32 mi. SE of Barrow, Arctic Plain. 85 miles long.
History: Eskimo name reported by Captain Ray (1885, p. 27) USA, who on March 4, 1883 we struck a stream about thirty yards wide, Natives gave it the name of Iuaru. Ray, however, is inconsistent, citing the name as Kuaru, first large river east of Point Barrow (p. 55), spelling the name Kuahroo on his map. Baker (1906, p. 324) spelled the name Inaru, probably a misspelling of the name as reported by Ray. The name as published by Baker, however, is present day map usage. The present-day Eskimo name for this stream is Kugaarug (R. F. Spencer, 1959, map 2), which is probably the same that Ray originally attempted to record.
Castner Glacier (Glacier), Southeast Fairbanks (CA) County, Alaska (63.420568, -145.611589)
Description: heads on White Princess, trends NW and SW to its 1934 terminus at head of Castner Creek, 27 mi. NW of Paxson, Alaska Range. 12 miles long.
History: Named in 1898 by Captain E. F. Glenn, USA, for Lieutenant J. C. Castner, USA, a member of his party.
Thirtytwo Mile Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.7725, -147.2341667)
Description: heads on Twentynine Mile Ridge, flows NE to Hadweenzic River,  29 mi. N of Beaver, Yukon Flats.
History: Local name obtained in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); name derived from the distance to Beaver via a year-round trail.
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir (Reservoir), Tuolumne County, California (37.9458523, -119.7365498)
Description: In Yosemite National Park, in Hetch Hetchy Valley and western end of Grand Canyon of the Tuloumne River, formed by damming the Tuolumne River at mile marker 117.5 at O'Shaughnessy Dam. (US-T121)
History: The reservoir furnishes the water supply for San Francisco. (US-T121)
Tikekowak (historical) (Populated Place), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (63.5020519, -161.1313058)
Description: On Norton Sound, probably in area of Shorty Cove; Nulato Hills.
History: Eskimo village or camp reported in 1890 by E. H. Wells. May be the same place called "Klikitarik" on present-day maps, although it appears doubtful.
Hooper Bay (Populated Place), Kusilvak (CA) County, Alaska (61.5311111, -166.0966667)
Description: population 460, on Hooper Bay, 20 mi. S of Cape Romanzof, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
History: The Eskimo name for this old village is "Askinuk," as first reported by E. W. Nelson, U.S. Signal Service, in December 1878. The 1880 census shows "Askinak" with 175 Eskimo and the 1890 Census shows "Askinaghamiut," numbering 138, living in 14 dwellings. A post office was established here with the name "Hooper Bay," in 1934 (Ricks, 1965, p. 27). USC&,GS, in 1951, reported the present-day %skimo name "Na-par-ag-a-miut," "stake village people," for Hooper Bay.
Square Cove (Bay), Hoonah-Angoon (CA) County, Alaska (57.9783333, -134.7666667)
Description: on W coast of Admiralty I., 33 mi. N of Angoon, Alex. Arch.
History: Descriptive name given in 1880 by M. Baker, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS); published in 1883 Coast Pilot (p. 179). So named because the head of the  cove is square in shape.
Red Gate (Gap), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (67.1805556, -141.9680556)
Description: Porcupine River passes between two bluffs 5 mi. ESE of Fishhook  Bend, 24 mi. NE of Coleen Mtn., Porcupine Plateau
History: Name published by Kindle (1908, fig. 1), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); "so named  because of the coloration in the canyon walls * * *" (FitzGerald, 1944, p.  227).
Cash Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.9277778, -155.7202778)
Description: heads in Roundabout Mts., flows NE to Candle Creek 3 mi. S of its junction with Tatalina River, 4.2 mi. SW of McGrath, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts. 4.6 miles long.
History: Local name reported in 1910 by C. G. Anderson (in Eakin, 19148 pl. 2), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Kwethluk River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.8138889, -161.4480556)
Description: heads at 600500N1600000W, flows NW to Kuskokuak Slough, 10 mi. E of Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo name shown as "Kwiklimut," meaning "Kwikli (river) people," and "Kwikluk" on an 1898 fieldsheet by W. S. Post, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), according to information obtained from J. H. Kilbuck, Moravian missionary. The present  spelling was used by A. G. Maddren (in Brooks, 1915, p. 355), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Mehrten Meadow (Flat), Tulare County, California (36.5829985, -118.6887082)
Description: Located in sec 35,T15S,R30E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In Sequoia National Park, on the southwest slope of Alta Peak, just south of the heading of Mehrten Creek. (US-T121)
History: 1928 Board on Geographic Names (BGN) Decision mis-spelled as "Merten". The feature was named after James Mehrten (1815-1893), an early settler and cattleman of Three Rivers. (US-T121)
Long River (Stream), Juneau County, Alaska (58.1988889, -133.6288889)
Description: flows E to Speel River, 30 mi. SE of Juneau, Coast Mts.
History: Descriptive name reported in 1916 by G. H. Canfield (in Brooks and others, 1918, p. 136), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). In 1921 this stream was shown as  Indian Creek by the US Federal Power Commission.
Long (Populated Place), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (64.4036111, -155.4972222)
Description: (population 28), on left bank of Long Creek, 23 mi. S of Ruby, Kilbuck- Kuskokwim Mts.
History: This mining camp developed after the discovery of gold on Long Creek in 1911. A post office was established here in 1913 and  discontinued in 1932 (Ricks, 1965, p. 39).
Dickins Peak (Summit), Ketchikan Gateway County, Alaska (56.2646698, -130.7041547)
Description: 3 mi. W of Mount Middleton and Alaska-Canada boundary, 36 mi.  NW of Hyder, Coast Mts.
History: Named in 1923 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) for Edmund Finlay Dickins,  1846-1923, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS), who was an International Boundary Commission (IBC) surveyor in 1893 and 1895 and later commanded the Coast Survey steamer Gedney from 1899 to 1905.
Porphyry Mountain (Summit), Copper River County, Alaska (61.4710069, -142.8304787)
Description: E of Kennicott Glacier,4 mi. NE of Mccarthy, Wrangell Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1908 by D.C. Witherspoon (Moffit and Capps, 1911, pl. 3), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). So named because the mountain is largely composed of porphyry, a type of igneous rock.
Louis Bay (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (60.4758333, -147.6702778)
Description: at NE end of Knight I., extends NE to Lower Passage, in Prince William Sound, 42 mi. SE of Whittier, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1908 by Grant and Higgins (1909, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Atigun River (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.5252778, -149.0033333)
Description: in Endicott Mts., heads at glacier terminus, flows NE to Sagavanirktok River 20 mi. S of its junction with Ribdon River, Brooks Range. 45 miles long.
History: Eskimo name reported in 1956 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Eureka Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (65.4094444, -153.6419444)
Description: flows NW to Little Melozitna River, 19 mi. N of Birches, Kokrines- Hodzana High. 13 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1908 by Maddren (1910, pl. 5), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Loew Lake (Lake), Washington County, Wisconsin (43.2182664, -88.3114136)
Description: approx. 25 acres; in the Town of Erin on the Oconomowoc River, 2.5 mi. NW of Lake Five; Sec 25, T9N, R18E, Fourth Principal Meridian, Extended
History: Named for the Loew family that owned land in the area since the mid-1880s.
Blue Lake (Lake), Plumas County, California (39.937339, -121.2154794)
Description: Located in sec 17,T24N,R7E, Mount Diablo Meridian. On the east slope of Bald Eagle Mountain, 2.2 km (1.4 mi) north-northwest of Bucks Mountain and 4.8 km (3 mi) north-northwest of Bucks Lake. (US-T121)
Arroyo Pino (Stream), Kings County, California (35.9874535, -119.9387438)
Description: In the Kettleman Hills, heads on the northeast slope of Bullwheel Ridge, flows east to terminate in Tulare Lake Bed 3.2 km (2 mi) southeast of Kettleman City. (US-T121)
History: Descriptive name meaning "steep." (US-T121)
Big Creek (Stream), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (62.6713889, -156.5433333)
Description: heads on Black Mtn., flows NW to Takotna River 2.6 mi. N of junction of Big Waldren Fork, 35 mi. SW of Mcgrath, Kilbuck-Kuskokwim Mts.; 19 miles long.
History: Prospectors' name reported in 1933 by J. B. Mertie, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
La Portería (Gap), Kings County, California (35.897734, -119.9195776)
Description: Located in sec 28,T23S,R19E, Mount Diablo Meridian. In the Kettleman Hills, on east side of Middle Dome, 1.6 km (1 mi) east-southeast of Parejo Hill. (US-T121)
History: Descriptive name for the principal opening to the interior of Middle Dome.
Skinner Island (Island), Sitka County, Alaska (57.7902778, -136.3447222)
Description: on S shore of Bertha Bay, 13 mi. NW of Chichagof, on W coast of  Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named published by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) in 1925 Coast Pilot (p. 322).
West Amatuli Island (Island), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (58.9372222, -152.0447222)
Description: one of the Barren Is., in Gulf of Alaska, between East Amatuli I. and Ushagat I., 70 mi. NE of afognak, Chugach Mts.
History: Name given by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1908 in contradistinction to East Amatuli Island. This island is one of the "Islas de Langara (Barren Islands)" named in 1779 , Don Juan de la Bodega y Quadra and Francisco  Antonio Maurelle for Juan de Langara. See East Amatuli Island.
Cape Rodney (Cape), Nome (CA) County, Alaska (64.6486111, -166.4030556)
Description: On Bering Sea, 30 mi. NW of Nome; Seward Penin High.
History: On August 5, 1778, Captain Cook (1785, v. 2, p. 441), Royal Navy (RN), wrote, "The coast of the continent seemed to take a turn Northward at a low point named Point Rodney."
Point Crowley (Cape), Prince of Wales-Hyder (CA) County, Alaska (56.12, -134.2575)
Description: on W coast of Kuiu I., 9 mi. NW of Cape Decision and 16 mi. SE of Port Alexander, Alex. Arch.
History: Named in 1900 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) "for B. F. Crowley, first watch officer of the Coast Survey steamer McArthur."
Plunge Creek (Stream), North Slope County, Alaska (68.7333333, -161.3833333)
Description: flows NE to Upikchak Creek, 46 mi. NNW of Misheguk Mtn., Arctic  Slope.
History: Named by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) geologists "in 1950 because of its location near the west end of the plunging anticline" (Chapman and Sable, 1960, p. 54).
Laughton Glacier (Glacier), Skagway County, Alaska (59.5162349, -135.1161849)
Description: trends N to its terminus, 0.2 mi. S of Skagway River, 1.6 mi.  SE of Glacier and 9 mi. NE of Skagway, Coast Mts.
History: Local name published in 1951 by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Urumangnak River (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.5786111, -164.3797222)
Description: on Nelson I., flows SE to Kolavinarak River, 88 mi. SW of  Bethel, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
History: Eskimo name meaning "very warm" reported in 1949 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS).
Sixty-Seven Butte (Summit), Sublette County, Wyoming (42.5943286, -110.2020965)
Description: Located 0.2 km (0.1 mi) east of Sixty-Seven Reservoir, just north of Sixty-Seven Draw, 6.4 km (4 mi) northwest of Marbleton.
History: Named for the historic 67 Ranch and nearby Sixty-Seven Reservoir. The ranch was believed to have been established in the 1860s or 1870s by Daniel B Budd (see D.B. Budd Butte), a rancher who came to the Green River Valley area of Wyoming from Nevada.
Olsen Bay (Bay), Chugach County, Alaska (60.7405556, -146.2127778)
Description: at N edge of Port Gravina, 20 mi. NW of Cordova, Chugach Mts.
History: Local name reported in 1908 by U. S. Grant and D. F.  Higgins (in Brooks and others, 1909, pl. 4), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Pinta Bay (Bay), Sitka County, Alaska (57.7630556, -136.2063889)
Description: 7.5 mi. NW of Chichagof, on W coast of Chichagof I., Alex. Arch.
History: Named by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) and published in 1910 on Chart 8250.  It was named for the U.S.S. Pinta which navigated these waters during the late 19th century. The name at one time applied to Goulding Harbor and Pinta  Bay was called "Deep Bay."
Pestriak (historical) (Populated Place), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.8916667, -152.3833333)
Description: site of village on SE coast of Spruce I., 7 mi. N of Kodiak, Kodiak i.
History: The Russian American Company published the name "Sel(eniye) Pestryakova" meaning "Eider duck Settlement," for this locality in 1849.
Center Mountain (Summit), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.6269492, -152.7547919)
Description: 22 mi. SW of Kodiak, Kodiak I.
History: Named in 1933 by Gerald FtizGerald, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), "because (it) is  a prominent landmark about half way between Kizhuyak Bay and Ugak Bay."
Rat Islands (Island), Aleutians West (CA) County, Alaska (51.7880556, 178.3027778)
Description: In the Aleutian Islands between the Near Islands to the W and the Andreanof Islands to the E, and extending from Amchitka Pass W to Buldir Island. Includes Semisopochnoi, Amchitka, Rat, Little Sitkin, Segula, Kiska, Buldir Islands and several smaller islands.
History: The name is translated from Russian "krysi" or possibly from the Aleut name "ayugadak," meaning "rat" and was applied by Captain Feodor Petrovich Lutke, Imperial Russian Navy (IRN), who visited the Aleutian Islands in 1827 on a voyage around the world. Lutke (1836, p. 324) called the islands "IIles Kryci (aux rats)," and Baker (1906, p. 521), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), reported thay were "ususally called Krysi or Rat Islands."
Cyane Rock (Bar), Kodiak Island County, Alaska (57.7908333, -152.3852778)
Description: 0.5 mi. E of Kodiak, NE of Near I, Kodiak I.
History: Name published in 1910 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) . Named for the bark Cyane (Cyano), one of the vessels purchased by Hutchinson, Kohl, & company  from the Russian American Company in 1869.
Derbin Island (Island), Aleutians East County, Alaska (54.0711111, -165.1533333)
Description: in Krenitzin Islands., 0.5 mi. across, near SW shore of Tigalda I., Fox Islands.; Aleutian Islands.
History: named in 1935 by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (USC&GS) because it is adjacent to Derbin  Strait.
Swift Creek (Stream), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (61.5236111, -159.6208333)
Description: heads in Kilbuck Mts. and flows N to Aniak Slough 5 mi. SW of  Aniak, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
History: A. G. Maddren, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), shows this name on a 1914 field sheet  applied to what is now called "Discovery Creek." U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reapplied the name to this stream in 1948.
Nunapitchuk (Populated Place), Bethel (CA) County, Alaska (60.8969444, -162.4594444)
Description: on the right bank of the Johnson River, 26 mi. NW of Bethel, Yukon Kuskokwim Delta.
History: Eskimo village listed with a population of 121 in 1939, 125 in 1950 and 327 in 1960. This village has two groups of buildings sometimes referred to as Nunapitchuk No. 1 and Nunapitchuk No. 2.
Malemute Riffle (Rapids), Yukon-Koyukuk (CA) County, Alaska (66.5666667, -152.6666667)
Description: in Koyukuk River at Allakaket, Kanuti Flats.
History: This name was reported by Archdeacon Stuck (1917, p. 329),  because the riffle is opposite Alatna, a little village of Eskimos, or  Malemutes as the Indians call them, from the Kobuk (River).