Copy of Arctic Whalers' Place-Names Gazetteer.xlsx

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1	Name	Nation	(+link)	Lat/Long as written	Lat/Long digitized	Aliases	Notes

2	Cape Aggen	Siberia		64 38 N, 175 30 W	64.776, -175.426
3	Anadir River	Siberia	http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~205581~3002498:U-S-S-R----Lake-Baykal--Baikal--and?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:bering%2Bsea;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=6	none	64.737, 177.550	Anadyr River, Reka Anadyr	mouth of Anadyr Bay, estuary of Anadyr River, Anadyr Point
4	Anadir Sea	Siberia	http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~205581~3002498:U-S-S-R----Lake-Baykal--Baikal--and?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:bering%2Bsea;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No;lc:RUMSEY~8~1&mi=0&trs=6	none	about 64.5, -178	Anadyrskiy Liman, Gulf of Anadyr, Anadyr Sea, Anadair Sea, and variations
5	Cape Anderson	St. Lawrence Id. Alaska		63 08 N, 168 53 W	63.133, -168.883	East Cape, probably Apavawook Cape
6	Cape Apoupinskoi	Siberia		61 47 N, 174 17 E	61.780, 174.28	Mys Opukhinskiy, Cape Pounpinskoi
7	Archangel Bay	Siberia		about 62 26 N, 179 10 E	62.43, 179.17‎	(also Archangel Gabriel Bay; Bay of Gabriel); Guba Gavriila
8	Baillie Island	Canada		70 32 N, 128 15 W	70.5386, -128.332		the anchorage under the SW sandspit of the larger of the two Baillie Islands
9	Bald Head	Siberia		64 18 N, 173 18 W	64.290, -173.262	Ball's Head, East Head, Mys Lysaya Golova.	Bold headland at east side of mouth of Bukta Provideniya
10	Banks Island	Canada		none	73.22, -120.75	Banks Land, Baring Land	Banks Island
11	Point Barrow Shoal	Alaska		71 23 00 N, 156 24 30 W	71.3833, -156.4083		2.5 fathom shoal east of Pt. Barrow onto which ships were occasionlly swept in severe SW gales
12	Barter Island	Alaska		70 07 N, 143 40 W	70.117, -143.667		this name originally applied to a low island nearby. Whalemen transferred it to Point Manning (70.119, -143.508) because its steep bluffs were conspicuous to seaward
13	Bear Island	Alaska		60 40 N, 173 05 W	‎60.67, -173.08	Hall Island
14	Belcher Point	Alaska		70 47 4 N, 159 39 01 W	70.7875, -159.6426	Point Belgium, Point Belcher
15	Bering Strait			none	about 65.8, -169	Baring Straits, Beerings Strait, Behring Straits, Bherings Straits	the narrows bounded by Saint Lawrence Island and Indian Point, and East Cape, the Diomede Islands, and Prince of Wales Shoal.
16	Big Diomede Island	Siberia		65 47 N, 169 05 W	65.79, -169.08	Ratmanoff Island; Ostrov Ratmanova
17	Big Island	Siberia		64 45 N, 172 25 W	64.75, -172.42	Arakam Id, Kayne Id, Ostrov Arakamchechen
18	Black Bluff	Siberia		61 50 N, 174 30 E	61.834, 174.500		the bluffs near Mys Opukhinski and Mys Rubikon
19	Blossom Shoals	Alaska		70 23 N, 161 57 W	70.383, -161.950		off Icy Cape where several whaleships were wrecked
20	Blow Hole	Canada		about 69 18 30 N, 139 34 W	about 69.309, -139.568		narrow pass at the junction of Yoyak Creek and Firth River; Whalers wintering at Herschel Id. Often encoutered violent winds when travelling up this valley hunting caribou.
21	Brower's Station	Alaska		71 18 N, 156 47 W	71.300, -156.783		Cape Smythe Whaling and Trading Co. station run by Charles Brower at Cape Smyth, Alaska (Now in Barrow)
22	Cape Brown	Canada		70 09 N, 130 23 W	70.150, -130.383	Brown Point, Nuvorak Point
23	Burney Island	Siberia		67 28 N, 174 33 W	67.4667, -174.5500	Island of the Big River, Ostrov Kolyuchin
24	Chukotski Nose	Siberia		64 14 N, 173 05 W	64.233, -173.083‎	Cape Nos, Mys Chukotskiy
25	Clark's Island	St. Lawrence Id. Alaska		none	63.326, -170.013	Clerke's Island	No lat/long given, not on maps; maybe a name for St. Lawrence Island?
26	Port Clearance	Alaska		65 15 N, 166 45 W	65.25, -166.75	Port Clarence
27	Commander Islands	Siberia	http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4106716&fid=5241&c=russia	none	55, 167	Komandorski Islands, Komandorskiye ostrova	consist of Bering Island, Medny Island, and fifteen smaller ones
28	Compass Grounds	Chukchi Sea		about 68 N, 171 W	68., -171.		whaling grounds in the SW Chukchi Sea, so named because ships' compasses behave erratically there
29	Point Cooper	Alaska		71 14 N, 155 40 W	71.232, -155.667	Cooper Island
30	Cooper's Station	Alaska		68 20 30 N, 166 37 30 W	68.342, -166.625	Konig's Station	shore whaling station run by Heinz Koenig (a.k.a. Henry Koenig and Henry Cooper) from about 1890 to 1910 at Beacon Hill near Point Hope
31	Corwin Bluff	Alaska		68 52 40 N, 165 05 50 W	68.8783, -165.0974		the steep bluff behind Corwin Coal Mine
32	Corwin Coal Mine	Alaska		68 52 05 N, 165 08 15 W	68.8700, -165.1384	Coal Mine, Coal Vein	vein of low-grade coal from which US steamers often topped-up their bunkers; named for USRC Corwin
33	Dean's Inlet	Alaska		71 07 N, 155 25 W	71.121, -155.418	Dease Inlet
34	Dolphin Strait	Canada		69 10 N, 115 30 W	69.78, -115.5	Dolphin and Union Strait
35	East Cape	Siberia		66 05 N, 169 40 W	66.096, -169.661	Cape East, Mys Dezhneva
36	East Head, Harrison's Bay	Alaska		70 30 N, 149 50 W	70.500, -149.833	Oliktok Point
37	East Head, Smith's Bay	Alaska		70 53 N, 153 55 W	70.884, -153.917	Drew Point
38	East River	Siberia		67 49 N, 175 50 W	67.812, -175.832	Vankarem River, Laguna Vankarem
39	Eastern Ice	Chukchi Sea		none	none		See note pasted alongside
40	Eastern Pack	Chukchi Sea		none	none		See note pasted alongside
41	Ellis Island	Canada		69 15 N, 136 55 W	69.186, -136.096	Ellice Island
42	Emma Harbor	Siberia		64 25 N, 173 10 W	64.426, -173.198	Bukhta Emma	the most secure ancorage in Providence Bay
43	False East Cape	Siberia		66 17 N, 170 44 W	66.267, -170.200	False Cape, Mys Intsova	often mistook for Mys Dezhneva, the western headland of Bering Strait.
44	Faraway Rock	Bering Strait		65 38 N, 168 45 W	65.6242, -168.7399	Farway Rock, Flyaway Rock, The Rock, Fairway Rock
45	Point Franklin	Alaska		70 54 28 N, 158 47 50 W	70.910, -158.799	Franklin Point	some use this to include nearby Sea Horse Islands
46	Garry Island	Canada		69 30 N, 135 45 W	69.50, -135.75	Geary Island
47	Gore's Island	Alaska		60 30 N, 172 30 W	60.415, -172.755	Goer's Id., Gowers Id., Goar's Id., Matwi Id.; Saint Matthew Island
48	Cape Golovnin	Alaska		68 20 N, 166 50 W	68.333, -166.833	Point Hope
49	Cape Hallet	Alaska		70 47 N, 152 11 W	70.783, -152.183	Cape Halkett
50	Harrison's Bay	Alaska		70 40 N, 151 00 W	70.661, -152.287	Harrison Bay
51	Cape Hawaii	Wrangle Id., Siberia		71 02 N, 177 50 W	71.033, -177.833		named by Captain Thomas Long of bark Nile in 1867
52	Herald Island	Siberia		71 23 N, 175 45 W	71.383, -175.750	Harold Island, Ostrov Geral'd
53	Herald Shoal	Siberia		about 70 25 N, 171 W	70.417, -171.	Banka Geral'd	a bank SE of Herald Id. where whales were often taken in Sep. and Oct.
54	Herschel Island River	Canada		69 32 N, 139 30 W	69.533, -139.500	Firth River	Herschel Island is at its mouth
55	Holy Cross Bay	Siberia		65 45 N, 179 00 W	65.75, -179.00	Gulf of Saint Croix, Bay of Holy Cross, Zaliv Kresta
56	Hooper's Island	Siberia		67 03 N, 172 45 W	67.022, -172.690	Corwin Island, Ostrov Idlidlya	named for Captain Hoopr of the USRC Corwin
57	Ice House	Baillie Id., Canada		70 32 N, 128 20 W	70.577, -128.124		meat storage locker dug into the permafrost at the base of the southwest sandspit
58	Ice Ridge	Alaska		none	71.384, -156.473 to 71.140, -157.0458		long ridge of grounded and piled ice that forms annually from Point Barrow to near Refuge Inlet
59	Immatown	Siberia		66 02 N, 169 56 W	66.0418, -169.9995	Emmatown, Dezhnev, Eskimo village of Enmitahin
60	Indian Point	Siberia		64 24 N, 172 14 W	64.4430, -172.421	Cape Chaplin, India Point; Mys Chaplina
61	The Inlet	Alaska		70 37 N, 160 00 W	70.635, -159.979	Wainwright Inlet
62	Jabbertown	Alaska		68 20 30 N, 166 37 30 W	68.342, -166.625		at Point Hope; polyglot community of Eskimos, Europeans, and other foreigners around whaling stations near Point Hope
63	Joe's Place	Siberia		64 20 30 N, 172 41 W	64.443, -172.421		at Indian Point; a native village in Zaliv T'kachen
64	John Howland Bay	Siberia	http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4101076&fid=5379&c=russia	64 19 N, 172 51 W	64.308, -172.931	Zaliv Kiguan	named for bark "John Howland"
65	Kamchatka Sea	Siberia		none	from 62.250, 179.133 to 55, 167	Kamcatska Sea and variations	western part of Bering Sea bounded by Cape Navarin and Komandorskiye Islands
66	Karagin Island	Siberia	http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-4090598&fid=5201&c=russia	about 65 N, 164 E	58.959, 164.332	Isle of Carrolshotkey, Kanag-Kinsky Island, Kaiaghinsky Island, etc; Ostrov Karanginskiy	their lat/long far inland
67	Keenan Land	Canada		73 N, 150 W	none		a mirage where there is no land
68	Kelly's Station	Alaska		71 17 35 N, 156 47 15 W	71.293, -156.788	Kelley's Station, Kelly's House; Eskimo settlement Ooglaamie/Utkiavie	Pacific Steam Whaling Co.'s shore whaling staion near Cape Smyth, run by John W. Kelly; now in Barrow
69	Key Point	Canada		69 17 N, 139 23 W	69.607, -138.966	Kay Point
70	King's Island	Alaska		64 58 N, 168 05 W	64.967, -168.083	King Island, Ukivok Island, Ukivuk King Island
71	Kogmullit Bay	Canada		69 30 N, 163 30 W	69.442, -133.506	Kugmallit Bay, Cogmollet Bay and variations	their lat/long far off
72	Koliuchin Bay/River	Siberia		66 45 N, 174 30 W	66.75, -174.50	Kolyuchin Bay, Kolyuchinskaya Guba
73	Koryak Coast	Siberia		59 55 N, 170 21 E to 62 15 N, 179 07 E	61.3, 175.0		coast between Mys Olyutorskiy and Mys Navarin
74	Krusenstern Island	Siberia		65 47 N, 169 00 W	65.747, -168.918	Little Diomede Island
75	Kotzebue Sound	Alaska		none	66.48, -162.34		traditional Eskimo summer trading ground
76	Lady Franklin Bay	Canada	http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-801862&fid=891&c=canada	about 70 N, 126 W	81.583333, -65	Franklin Bay	location of Greeley Expedition
77	Langdon Bay	Canada	http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-801994&fid=899&c=canada	about 69 25 N, 125 30 W	69.416667, -125.166667	Langton Bay
78	Cape Lisbon	Alaska		68 53 N, 166 13 W	68.881, -166.213	Cape Elizabeth, Cape Lizbond; Cape Lisburne
79	Little John Howland Village	Siberia		64 16 N, 172 58 W	64.291, -172.963	Kivik	settlement of Kivak on west shore John Howland Bay
80	Long Strait	Siberia		none	69.962, 0001	Proliv Longa, De Long Strait	connecting the Chutchi and East Siberian Seas, separating Wrangel Island from mainland; named 1867 Captain Thomas Long of bark Nile.
81	Manning Point	Alaska	http://www.geographic.org/geographic_names/usaname.php?uni=1405925&fid=usageo_1306	70 07 N, 143 43 W	70.1183333, -143.5091667		used to be Barter Island, but sailors and whalers renamed that.
82	Marcus Bay	Siberia		64 25 N, 172 44 W	64.417, -172.733	Martin's Bay; Zaliv Tkachen
83	Masinka Bay	Siberia		64 35 N, 172 35 W	64.583, -172.583	probably Proliv Chechekuyum; now Proliv Senyavina
84	Masken Island	Siberia		65 32 N, 177 11 W	65.533, -177.183	Maska Island, Sand Point of the Holy Cross; Ostrov Kosa Meechkyn
85	Cape Michigan	Siberia		65 08 N, 179 40 W	65.139, -179.677	Mys Povortnyy
86	Port Moore	Alaska		71 22 N, 156 27 W	71.367, -156.450		the anchorage under Point Barrow, west end of Elson Lagoon
87	Mud Hole	Siberia		66 01 N, 169 55 W	66.041, -170.015		an anchorage off Immatown, used in severe northerly storms
88	Cape Navarino	Siberia		62 15 N, 179 08 E	62.250, 179.133	Cape Navarin, Cape naveriene; Mys Navarin
89	Noatak River	Alaska		none	66.983, -162.506		mouth is site of summer Trade Fair
90	Cape Nome	Alaska		64 26 N, 165 00 W	64.43, -165.01		the headland which gave its name to the town of Nome
91	North Cape	St. Lawrence Id. Alaska		63 42 N, 170 30 W	63.697, -170.477	Savoonga Point
92	Cape North	Siberia		68 56 N, 179 30 W	68.924, -179.467	Mys Otto Shmidta; Mys Shmidta
93	North Head	Siberia		65 36 N, 170 40	65.600, -170.667‎	Mys Nunyamo	the headland at northern entrance to Zaliv Lavrentiya
94	North Sea Horse Island	Alaska	http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Seahorse_Islands&params=70_53_18_N_158_42_27_W_scale:500000	70 55 N, 158 49 W	70.888, -158.708	Point Franklin	given lat/long in error
95	Cape Olyutorsk	Siberia		59 55 N, 170 21 E	59.917, 170.350	Cape Otorsk and variations; Mys Olyutorskiy
96	Ooglaamie	Alaska		71 17 35 N, 156 47 15 W	71.293, -156.788	Eskimo settlement Utkeavik; Kelly's Station	misreported name for Utkeavik
97	Pacific Shoal	Alaska		approx. 70 41 N, 151 55 W	70.683, -151.917‎		shoal near Cate Halkett discovered by bark Pacific
98	Passage Islands	Bering Strait		none	65.7, -168.9	Saint Diomede Islands	comprised of Little Diomede Island (Krusenstern Island), Ostrov Ratmanova (Big Diomede Island), Fairway Rock
99	Pauline Cove	Canada		69 34 25 N, 138 55 00 W	69.5736, -138.9167‎		the anchorage at Herschel Island, wintered more than 65 whaling vessels
100	Pearl Bay	Alaska		70 50 N, 158 50 W	70.833, -158.833	Peard Bay	came from a misspelling on a chart